Political Quotes

“I have in high regard those Members who focus on issues which they are concerned about in the pension bill, and I know that there are a number of sections that people could focus on in terms of their concern about the bill. And I know it is absolutely, totally a coincidence that one Member on this side of the aisle spoke against the bill. Yet, as I am going through this particular motion to recommit, page after page after page refers to, you got it, the airline provisions. So I am quite sure on the basis of wanting to go through a 1,000-page bill to create a motion to recommit, that the fact that the one area that appears to be a bit sensitive on this side of the aisle is what the motion to recommit is all about. I guess in that regard I hold in minimum high regard, on something as important as this legislation, to get it on the books as quickly as we can, that this motion to recommit is focused in a way, in my opinion, to advance political interests rather than policy interests. I guess I am just a little bit bewildered when the gentleman from Ohio, the majority leader, handed me a letter, because as a conferee I received a letter that said we want you in the areas of key concern to be supportive of what we do in this pension bill. There were two signatures on that letter. One was the majority leader, the gentleman from Ohio.…”