Political Quotes

“I want to just point out a few things that I think perhaps make the Hughes substitute the more reasonable result in this particular instance. I want to congratulate the gentleman from Florida, because I think what he has attempted to do is good. But I am afraid he has missed the mark. I would like to share with my colleagues some of the reasons I believe that, as we examine on a line-by-line basis the amendment. But first, I say to my colleagues from Texas, Texas cannot qualify for funding under the provisions of this State because just like the gentleman from New York, we are told in Texas that we do not have the ability to comply where we could not do this. But that said, that is not the reason I think that we should defeat the amendment. First, I would say as compared to the Chapman amendment, this requires a much larger State matching grant, which makes it more difficult for the States. There is nothing in this amendment that recognizes the high crime States and sends more of the funds to those States with a greater problem. And this is something I think that is very important.”