Political Quotes

“the amendment was never designed to be partisan nor to attack, certainly, the President. I would never have been a part of it. It was designed to try to clarify something that has been very troubling to many of the people who are directly involved, both for symbolic reasons as well as for practical reasons, in terms of the traffic flow of the Nation's Capital. I have lived in and around this area for 40 of my 57 years, or most of the last 40 of my 57 years. I am quite familiar with the traffic patterns and the inconvenience to those who have to traffic the area every day. I am very conscious of the symbolism of our Nation's Capital, and particularly the President's house. I have discussed with the chief sponsor of the amendment the changing of one word that I think might make our intention even clearer. That would be to substitute the word ``request'' for the word ``direct'' which is contained on page 3, line 18. It would then read that it is the sense of the Senate that the President should request the Department of the Treasury and the Secret Service to work with the government of the District of Columbia to develop, et cetera. I think there have been connotations that this is attempting to micromanage, or to take action that would be inappropriate. I fully respect those who have spoken and those who have concerns. It ought to be considered appropriately by the committees of jurisdiction. But we need to have a resolution of this question.”