Political Quotes

“I appreciate the chance to record my comments regarding the conference report on the Treasury-Postal appropriations bill. This legislation will help fund national functions, such as law enforcement and delivery of the mail. The law-enforcement provisions include an important anticrime initiative for Florida, which is strongly supported by public-safety officials. The anticrime provision would fund the establishment of a high intensity drug trafficking area in central Florida. I have worked closely with colleagues Senator Connie Mack and Congressman John Mica of Florida to include this measure in the conference report. In an effort to fight crime and to support law enforcement, I voted for the conference report for the appropriations for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. This conference report also contains a provision to adjust congressional pay for cost of living. If I had the opportunity to vote on the proposed adjustment as a separate, stand-alone measure, I would have voted 'no.'”