Political Quotes

“I say to my friend, we are not. There is still a possibility that Senator Hatfield will offer his PILT amendment yet tonight. They are trying to work it out. They are close to having it worked out, but it is not worked out, and it is his intention to offer it if it is not. Let me say to the Senator from California that she has been fair and square with me on these issues. I felt deeply about them, still do, and intend to vote against this bill. But it has not been because she has not been a very square shooter in the dealings which we have had, both through the committee and through our staffs personally, and I thank her for that. I say to my friend from Louisiana that I echo the praise and thanks to his staff and my staff that he issued. There is no sense in going through their names one by one again, but they are unique, I think, perhaps amongst Senate staffs for their ability to work constructively together. As Senator Johnston pointed out, they do not agree on a number of things, but they do agree on not allowing that to stand in the way of constructive progress. We have had some remarkable disagreements which have been resolved and some which have been resolved by others, those sitting in the Senate on one side or the other. But they have never allowed that to get in the way of the professional relationship on both sides. I particularly thank the staff of the Senator from Louisiana for keeping that arrangement with my staff.…”