Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I just wish to follow up the comments of my colleague, the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank], who has been in personal conversation with a number of the universities in the Northeast. Our staff, at the request of the chairman, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Coble], together with his staff have spent a lot of time in conversation with associations which represent universities of all sizes, both public and private, across the country. My assessment of those conversations is that the representation of the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank] is in fact accurate; that while there were concerns about some portions of the initial legislation, those concerns have been addressed, and while no piece of legislation may be perfect, that what we have before us with the manager's amendment does meet the great majority of those concerns from what is a very diverse audience that includes public and private schools, small and large schools, individual professors working alone, and professors working together and in cooperation with major corporations.”