Political Quotes

“I am certain that the Bush administration has felt the importance of getting the EAA reauthorized. They have been looking at the documents that have been mentioned on the need for this for several years. I was very pleased during the campaign that President Bush addressed, as part of his campaign, this Export Administration Act. He had looked at a number of the principles. In fact, on his Web site he has listed what he thought ought to be included in the Export Administration Act. It gave me a lot of confidence that he had looked at the Export Administration Act that you and I worked on because it went point by point on it. I was pleased with the diligence with which the administration and their staff spoke to me and my staff. We were able to go through a lot of the points and a lot of the questions and a lot of the past discussions and a lot of the past meetings we had had with other Members to be sure to cover as completely as possible those items of national security.”