Political Quotes

“I say to my good friend he is very correct and accurate, as always, in what he stated yesterday as not being associated to the President personally. I say to the Senator, I associate myself with your goal of having broader concurrent receipts. But I am faced, as the ranking member of the committee, with the reality of the situation. We will have to ascertain exactly: Is there a line at which the executive branch will accept some version of concurrent receipts? And we just have to bring that back to our colleagues. Because if we were to experience a veto--I am not suggesting in any way it has been communicated other than through the staff to this Senator--our bill would go down. Twelve months of work by the Armed Services Committee would go down. Many benefits, pay raises for the men and women of the Armed Forces, new weapons--it all goes down on this one issue. I say to the Senator, I share with you--I find it very hard to think that could come about. But, nevertheless, all of us having been here many years, under several Presidents, know there are junctures in conferences when this does happen. It is our responsibility--and I assume it--to try and ascertain, is there some form? And then we bring it back to our colleagues. If there isn't, then I think we should all recognize the situation.”