Don Nickles: “I will be happy to work with him on trying to schedule things that are convenient for all colleagues. I rise today to…”

“I will be happy to work with him on trying to schedule things that are convenient for all colleagues. I rise today to make a few comments I really wish I did not have to make. Yesterday, the majority leader of the Senate made a very strong, impassioned speech. I missed most of it, but I caught a lot of it last night on ``Nightline.'' I caught a transcript of it and then I saw it again. I will read part of it. Senator Daschle said: I can't believe any President or administration would politicize the war. But then I read in the paper this morning, now even the President, the President is quoted in the Washington Post this morning as saying that the Democratic--the Democratic-controlled Senate is not interested in the security of the American people. Senator Daschle was reading from The Washington Post. Unfortunately, though, he did not quote The Washington Post correctly and he certainly did not quote the President of the United States correctly. It is a very strong accusation saying the President of the United States would politicize the war and he quotes the President of the United States, but he quoted the President of the United States inaccurately. One, we should keep politics off the floor of the Senate, particularly when we are talking about issues of very significant importance such as war, war resolutions, or a resolution dealing with Iraq, which has been a troublesome spot for the United States.”