Political Quotes

“We need to complete the work on the Homeland Security appropriations bill, which is so important, with the 9/11 recommendations to become effective soon, and we have the National Intelligence Estimate report just rendered which indicates we have to be vigilant at home. We must complete the appropriations bill dealing with homeland security before we leave this work period. We also need to do our work on SCHIP, children's health care. The Finance Committee, on a very bipartisan vote--17 to 4--passed that matter out of committee. It was led by Senators Grassley, Baucus, Rockefeller, and Hatch. What came out of that committee has been a compromise. That is how bipartisanship works. As reported in the Congressional Daily yesterday, that matter should have more than 60 votes. So if there is, in fact, an effort to slow that bill down, it appears on a bipartisan basis we can move it forward. It is certainly important legislation, and we need to complete it.”