Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I will just say very briefly that this motion to instruct conferees offered by the gentleman from Texas is very welcome. It is exactly what we need. We hope the message is received, not only here on the House side, but also on the Senate side, that we will work together in an open conference, across party lines, and we will work together with the Senate to accomplish that. But it is absolutely essential that the Senate take the same step that we are taking here today and do it as quickly as possible so we can meet the timetable put forward by the gentleman from Texas. Secondly, it is absolutely important that the message go out that this Congress on this issue has worked together, and worked together very well. The place where we find the extremism that some have expressed concern about has been on the outside, the organizations like Greenpeace and the Sierra Club and Earth First!, extremists who send the mail to so many people. We have all seen it. It is designed to raise money for these organizations. If they said that the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) was meeting with the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. McInnis), who has very different points of view, to work out their differences, do you think that would generate a lot of revenue for these organizations? I think not. What they do is try to portray this legislation and this Congress as being extremist.”