Political Quotes

“I know the chairman is here and will respond in terms of particulars of the underlying bill. We made good progress. It is an important bill and a bill which we will finish. My intentions are to in all likelihood move to the class action bill the week we return and address that. Then if we can come up with a reasonable way of finishing this bill--which I am confident we can--I think ultimately when people sit down and say what is important to have on this bill, we will be able to put together amendments on our side and the other side and pull those together and have an orderly way of dealing with those. I will say that in the big picture the last 2 weeks have been very positive weeks in terms of governing in very difficult times, many of which have been overseen by the chairman of this particular bill, Senator Warner. It is very tough oversight in terms of what is going on both in Iraq and indeed around the world in the war on terror. At the same time that has been conducted in a very professional way. This institution can be quite proud; we have done some very good things in terms of national security. Three days ago, we passed bioshield legislation. That is a national security issue, one we have worked on for 14 months. A few days ago, we passed the important education bill, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, which affects 6.5 million children with disabilities.”