Political Quotes

“I am happy to respond. The Senator from Delaware is well aware that we have been working. We have already agreed on three improvements from your standpoint. We increase the frequency of inspections for companies participating in CFATS recognition programs. We have added a third-party study to look at how workers can be made more aware of the fact that their facilities are covered by CFATS. We had a future GAO study to look back at how our provision exempting explosive materials covered by both CFATS and ATF is affecting the program. We are already making movement. If you want to discuss this for a few more days, fine. Time is, obviously, running out. I do want to make everybody aware of the fact that because we have done this work, because we have passed this out of our committee unanimously, I am not in any way, shape or form, accepting some of the typifications in terms of the fact that we have not communicated. We have been trying for months to work with the House. There has just been no yield whatsoever. There has been no give whatsoever. There has been very little desire on its part to do anything other than to have a ``take it or leave it,'' a ``let's extend this,'' a ``no reforms.'' That is, simply, unacceptable to me. I have great respect for President Ronald Reagan. I don't want to prove him wrong. I, actually, want to reauthorize this thing.…”