Political Quotes

“I would like to set the facts of the record straight. If indeed this bill has been made partisan, it is only because our friends on the other side choose to make a naming bill partisan. Let me share with the body the facts in the previous Congresses. In the 100th Congress, two-thirds of the naming bills were named by Democrats, and we Republicans supported it. In the 101st Congress, two-thirds of the naming bills were for Democrats, and we Republicans supported it. In the 102d Congress, 60 percent of the naming bills were for Democrats, and we Republicans supported it. In the 103d Congress, 66 were named for Democrats, and we Republicans supported it. And in the 104th Congress, a Congress controlled by Republicans, two-thirds of the naming bills were for Democrats, and we Republicans supported it. And in the 105th Congress, thus far, two-thirds, again, the 105th Congress, a Republican-controlled Congress, two-thirds of the naming bills were for Democrats. We Republicans supported it.”