Political Quotes

“this measure combines about 20 bills important to the sportsmen's community--bills that promote hunting, fishing, and recreation. They would foster habitat conservation through voluntary programs and, as I have indicated, more than 50 national sportsmen and conservation groups support this bill unequivocally. This legislation should be passed like that. As I indicated yesterday, I have read Capitol Hill newspapers where Republican Senators said: What a great piece of legislation; I will vote for it. We should pass this in a matter of seconds. We shouldn't be spending all this time on it. It is one of those things where there shouldn't be a fight and there has been a fight. So I hope, as we try to get back to working on campaigns and doing the work things we have to do at home, that we can move along and get this done. In the process, though, we are holding up a lot of other things. I am hopeful we can get something done on the Iran containment resolution, which is something Lindsey Graham, Senator Lieberman, Senator Menendez, and many others, have pushed very hard to get done. I hope we can confirm our Ambassadors to Iraq and Pakistan, and the continuing resolution to fund the government for 6 months. Republicans say this Congress has been unproductive, but if Republicans want to know why it has been unproductive, they should take a look in the mirror. Benjamin Franklin once said: ``Well done is better than well said.'' Well done is better than well said.…”