Political Quotes

“as I said when we began this discussion way back in the Dark Ages, the staffs in a bipartisan way did an outstanding job in bringing to the committee an outstanding piece of legislation. I truly believe that we messed it up somewhat after the subcommittee and the full committee began to work with it. The Michel substitute would be the ideal piece of legislation to take into conference with the Senate, and then we would not encourage the Senate to add 18, or 20, or 30 more programs. So again, like the Governor, I plan to support the legislation that the committee has developed, with the hope that by the time it gets to the President's desk, we will have corrected many things that, as I said, we messed up in committee. In the meantime, however, it seems to me that the Michel substitute is the ideal place to start with when we are going to negotiate with the Senate.”