Political Quotes

“first, I thank my colleague from Idaho. I know he sincerely wants to move forward. The best way to send a message is pass the House bill, get it to the President, and have him be able to sign it while the European allies and we are meeting. But I am disappointed, though, that we were unable to take quick action now, but I very much appreciate what Senator Crapo has said now. And Senator Crapo and I had a good discussion this morning. We agree. We want to get to a bipartisan resolution to this legislation. So Senators Wyden, Crapo, and my staff are going to work throughout the day on language related to the oil ban and the other issues that Senator Crapo talked about that we could consider separately. We would then move to pass PNTR separately, which we hope we can pass today or certainly tomorrow. So I am committed to getting this issue resolved and very much appreciate my friend, the Senator from Idaho's willingness to discuss it so we can work out something that both sides can accept.”