Dusty Johnson: “No one in this body has done more than Senator Daschle of South Dakota to move legislation forward in an expeditious and…”

“No one in this body has done more than Senator Daschle of South Dakota to move legislation forward in an expeditious and well-timed manner. Whether it is PNTR, where Senator Daschle has for months been trying to bring this bill to the floor, or the Patients' Bill of Rights, prescription drugs, school construction, minimum wage, and down the entire list of legislative agenda items before this body, Senator Daschle has been tireless in his efforts to bring them to the floor, to have consideration in a full manner. For anyone to suggest that somehow our good colleague from South Dakota would be playing some role in slowing down progress on these or other matters, I think, is a point simply not correct.”