Political Quotes

“as one of the lead Democratic sponsors of the Year 2000 Readiness and Responsibility Act, I rise today in strong support of this legislation. Anybody that has followed this legislation knows that the debate surrounding it on both sides of the aisle has at times been driven more by political maneuvering than substantive policy concerns. That is why we are so pleased that this truly bipartisan compromise conference report has been worked out with both Chambers and the White House. It was done because all involved decided it was more important to our Nation and our economy to pass Y2K litigation reform than to play politics as usual. Currently, American businesses, governments and other organizations are tirelessly working to correct potential Y2K failures. It involves reviewing, testing and correcting billions of lines of computer code. American businesses will spend an estimated $50 billion to reprogram their computers, but despite these efforts many of the Y2K computer failures will occur because of the interdependency of the United States and world economies. In contrast to other problems that affect some businesses or even entire industries engaged in damaging activity, the Y2K problem will affect all aspects of our economy, especially the most productive high- tech industries.”