Political Quotes

“one thing I did not mention over the course of the week is the vote on the Class Action Fairness Act. Although I was very disappointed in the outcome; that is, we were not able to proceed with that--I think it did focus the attention of both sides of the aisle. It was a bipartisan vote, but it wasn't bipartisan enough to be able to proceed to it this week. But I will add that on both sides of the aisle people have come forward and said we are very serious about doing this in a way that is appropriate. I think there may well be an opportunity, at the appropriate time, to address that issue. The Democratic leader and I are both personally involved with asbestos. He has mentioned it and I have mentioned it. That should send a strong signal to people that we are seriously committed, in a bipartisan way, to addressing an issue that is affecting families, the economy, and jobs; and I do hope that those discussions will continue to be productive as we go forward. Having said that, next week is going to be a very busy week. I look forward to it being a very productive week.”