Political Quotes

“Well, as both my colleagues recognize, this will be, for the distinguished Senator from Michigan and myself, our 25th conference, and we know full well at this stage of deliberations on this bill we cannot predict what is going to come out of conference, nor can we take a stance that not one single one of these provisions which are in the House bill will not survive the conference. So having said that, time is of the essence, I hope, in the reconciliation of views.”