Political Quotes

“In this legislative body we rarely deal with anything that is perfect. Legislation is the art of compromise. While the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire may have some good ideas on how to improve the bill we got from the House, we should look at what we will have if we could agree to do the House-passed bill. Basically on our side, the bill was prepared by Senator Jeffords and others. As I understand it, it is S. 720 over here. It is a bill to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely affect patient safety. I have no doubt, with the experience my distinguished colleague from New Hampshire has had as a Member of the House, as a Governor of the State of New Hampshire, and certainly a senior Senator over, that he can figure out ways to improve what the House has done. I have no doubt that is true. But in the interim, knowing we are not going to be able to arrive at that point, I think we would be well advised to move forward with the work the House has done. As imperfect as it may be, it is still much better than nothing.”