Political Quotes

“I have known Senator Chafee since 1969, when we served together in the Department of the Navy. One of the hallmarks of this great American is humility, and he always displays it. But we know that in the final few hours here it has been our chairman, John Chafee, who has struck the final chords of negotiation and coordinated with our distinguished leader, Mr. Lott, and was able together in consultation with Senator Baucus, myself, and Senator Bond to fashion the final portion of this interim highway measure. So we thank the chairman, indeed, the staff and all, and again our distinguished leader. I have now served under three leaders, and Senator Lott has the ability to tell a chairman to go get the job done. If necessary, you can contact me. Otherwise, I trust you. He effectively runs the Senate, certainly on our side of the aisle, with that type of strong leadership and confidence in which he imposes on chairmen and members to do the job. I think we have done the job for both sides. It has been a bipartisan effort.”