Political Quotes

“tomorrow, in the White House, it is my understanding from press accounts--and I have talked to various Senators and one House Member who will attend the meeting--there is going to be a meeting with the President to talk about the highway bill. I think it is important, therefore, that I, who have worked on this most important bill--and I have worked on several others in years past--make some observations about what I think should take place at that meeting. Of course, it is a typical meeting that takes place in this administration. It is done in secret, with no Democrats present, which is unusual; but that is in keeping with what this administration has done now for 3 rac{1}{2} years. Let me say, though, that I believe Senator Jim Inhofe, the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has been an exemplary legislator on the highway bill. He has been someone that has been very fixed in his ideas. He is someone, however, who is willing to work and, as legislators have to do, compromise. I have had to do the same thing. Senator Jeffords had to do the same thing. Senator Bond has had to do the same thing. The four of us have put this bill together. I think it is a good bill. I appreciate the tireless efforts of Jim Inhofe on this most important legislation. He has always understood the importance of a highway bill. No one in this country can question the conservative credentials of Jim Inhofe. No one could ever accuse him of trying to give things away.”