Thomas Daschle: “I read a comment just this morning that I think is so appropriate. It goes to the points raised by the Senator from…”

“I read a comment just this morning that I think is so appropriate. It goes to the points raised by the Senator from Illinois and the Senator from Arkansas. Somebody said in the paper this morning, ``Welcome to the Federal Government. You need a telephone, a tablet, and a lawyer.'' ``A telephone, a tablet, and a lawyer.'' And there are some lawyers that have already garnered more than a half-million in fees to represent people of modest means before this committee and others. That is wrong. We should not subject people who want to dedicate themselves to public service to that degree of financial burden, to that degree of concern and humiliation in some cases.”