Political Quotes

“It is my intention to try and expedite the deliberations here tonight. In that regard, my thought would be to make a statement, hopefully, shedding some light on this amendment. I know Senator Pryor has worked so hard in this area. He wants to make a statement, and then it will be my intention to withdraw the amendment. I withdraw it reluctantly, because I think it needs to be considered and dealt with as soon as possible. But I am persuaded that we will not have some votes that we need to adopt it if we insist on attaching it to this measure. Having said that, let me simply outline the issue that is before us. It is well described in a New York Times editorial of February 28. I will quote a portion of that, because I think it is quite succinct and to the point: Congress finds it hard to remedy the simplest mistakes when powerful corporate interests are at stake. In 1974, when Congress approved a new trade pact with more than 100 other countries, it unintentionally handed pharmaceutical drug companies windfall profits. More than a year later, Congress has yet to correct the error.”