Political Quotes

“in listening to my friend from New York talk about homeland security and the work we will be doing, she agreed to cochair the A 9/11 caucus. I invite other Members of this body to get interested. We found out cell phones worked pretty well during 9/ 11. Communications worked fairly good. There were some weak points, but those are being addressed. When we talk about 9/11 and wireless communications, there will be several of those issues that will come up in this Congress. We welcome the input of our colleagues as those issues move along. Today we did take care of part of the unemployment compensation problem, extending it to workers involuntarily and who became involuntarily unemployed during 9/11 or as a result of 9/11. There is not one in this body who was not sympathetic to their cause. However, I have another segment of the American economy that is hurting just as badly. I will talk a little, by the way, today about the situation called drought. It is expanding throughout not only the upper Midwest but through the western part of Kansas, Nebraska, Dakotas, Montana, and Colorado, and extending down into New Mexico and the panhandle of Oklahoma. There are always islands and spots that get enough moisture. In this morning's newspaper, the Billings Gazette in my hometown of Billings, MT, it was reported the water contents in the lower Yellowstone Basin snow pack rank the third lowest on record. It is only 63 percent of average.”