Trent Lott Quotes (104 Quotes)

The House could say, 'Well, it's not serious enough for impeachment, but this is clearly conduct that is on the margin that we don't approve of,' and the House Judiciary Committee would report out a censure resolution and the House would vote on it, ... Evans Novak.

Despite his expressed doubts, Lott said he thinks it is important Congress offer its support for U. S. military action should the president think such action is necessary. Do I have doubts, ... Yes, but do we have responsibilities Yes.

Let's have the presentations, the opening statements, the evidence, have the House explain why they might need this particular witness to clarify this particular fact, or the White House, then let the Senate consider that and vote. And any witness request that gets 51 votes, that witness will come,

The problem with the censure resolution right now is that, I think, the Senate is tired, ... We've done what we were required to do under the Constitution.

Unfortunately, the Senate is becoming a black hole of inactivity, ... Let's stop that. The people want action.

In the summer of 2002...the President began lobbying for an open-ended resolution empowering him to wage war on Iraq.... Bush had made clear his intentions to wage war on Iraq in several of our private meetings.

We don't want this to look like we're horse trading here in this political season, and I presume he didn't mean to infer that,

You should always be looking for ... new blood, new energy, qualified staff, new people in administration. I'm not talking about wholesale changes, but you've got to reach out and bring in more advice and counsel, ... Fox News Sunday.

He promised more oversight hearings in 1998, though he did not specify exactly what the hearings would address. We intend to make government accountable, ... From the classroom to the courts ... from the clerks to the president's Cabinet ... from the post office to the presidency.

We feel that flexibility should be allowed for local teachers and administrators to decide whether that money needs to go just for teachers or can it be used for individuals with disabilities ... or for computers or roof repairs,

While it may take generations of nurturing, nations founded on and grounded in freedom will eventually overcome and prosper. Once free, folks rarely accept anything less, and that includes Iraqis.

Daschle, left, calls the resolution something we can work on ... it is time to quit waffling.

Our military isn't perfect, but it's about as close to perfect as humanly possible.

The chair and longtime friend of Dick Cheney is proud to declare Dick Cheney the Republican nominee for vice president of the United States by acclamation,

And Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont was a loose cannon, ... He's always had a habit of bartering his vote on crucial legislation for his own pet projects.

I keep getting mixed signals from the president. I don't know if he wants to get some things done with cooperation or whether he is going to go the partisan route, the political route, ... Meet the Press.

The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our lifetimes or even our parents' or grandparents' lifetimes.

Because the administration has indicated it will not support any funding for Amtrak this fiscal year unless Congress enacts Amtrak reforms, it is imperative for the Congress to make its voice heard on Amtrak,

I think it is dangerous. We have got to make sure that we can verify the safety and the reliability of these weapons,

I agree with that, and I think the administration is looking seriously at that question, ... Face the Nation.

I was 7 years old when Strom first ran for president. I don't really remember anything about the campaign.

We have a responsibility here to the American people as elected officials to conduct our own investigation and ask questions. We'll be interested in seeing what our former colleague from Missouri finds, and hopefully he can help facilitate getting to the truth,

satisfied if we just stopped, sort of in the middle of the game, and said we don't want to hear anything else.

I think we could probably do more than 1.6 trillion, but we shouldn't start off by loading it up with every good idea that's out there.

Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.

I don't think they do a very good job with what they're doing now without more requirements being dumped on them,

I'm prepared to be hard-nosed, too, at some point. At some point, you have to tell them 'Okay, ante up and kick in or get out of the game,' ... But I'm not looking for a fight. I'm looking for help, for people that are desperate.

By failing to act on President Bush's bipartisan education initiative, the Senate Democrat majority is holding up the most sweeping reform to our nation's educational system in decades,

There is not that kind of urgency on China PNTR, ... It could be done earlier or later.

I think that the bitter left has been, frankly, exaggerating his positions and has been, you know, out of bounds in the opposition and the way that they have expressed their opposition to him, ... The proof will be in the pudding.

Appearing on Fox News Sunday, ... Congress has to at least look at the institutional questions of what happened here. Was it a legal act ... Why was that amount of force necessary

Campaign finance reform is not going to pass this year,

Is she the most qualified person Clearly, the answer to that is 'no,'

It is a worry about maintaining a domestic industry, which I think has national security implications,

stay as long as they (reporters) want you to and answer every question until they quit asking.

I felt like a number of the questions were not adequately answered, particularly Why did you use this amount of force at this particular time Why did it have to be done that day

Give me an idea, ... That's what I'm saying to the Democrats. I'm talking to the Democrats here. They are saying 'Not this. Not that.' I say 'OK. Well, what'

But the effectiveness of the response to Katrina appears to diminish the higher you move up the chain of command. By Sept. 7, Lott concluded that FEMA and its Mississippi arm were overwhelmed and understaffed, and he went straight to circumvention mode. We're just going around them, ... We talk to people on the ground, and they tell us what they need.

Look, the administration said months ago that we were caught napping in this area, that OPEC has run up the price, it's created problems,

Democrats are right, by the way, when they complain about the way President Clinton's judicial nominations were handled by Republicans. We bottled them up in the Judiciary Committee, which was the functional equivalent of a filibuster. It was crazy, but the cycle of retribution needs to end.

When she raises her hand and says 'I do,' she's a senator, and she'll be treated accordingly, ... I'm sure she'll be a very important part of this body, just like every senator is.

From what I've seen, I don't think you can trust the Chinese on any deal,

I don't know that this is going to happen, but I expect that something specific would be asked of Congress before an overt action would occur, barring an emergency.

I would like us to get rid of the head of the IMF, ... He's a socialist from France. Am I too blunt

A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.

Clearly, we need to give the people an opportunity to keep more of their money which is now creating the surplus, for them to decide how to make use of their own money, ... Now ... the way to do that is to do it with an across-the-board, tax-rate cut. I would like to see it be 10 percent across the board.

If he committed perjury, even about sexual allegations, I mean that is an important matter,

For him to be in Baghdad, the center of one of the most dangerous dictators in the world, with all kinds of weapons of mass destruction, to be questioning the veracity of our own American president, is the height of irresponsible, ... He needs to come hom

Given the protracted contest to determine the presidential victor, it is critical we move expeditiously and be prepared to confirm the new cabinet on January 20 after the president has been sworn into office,

While Americans let something as minor as rain impede us from voting, Iraqis snubbed the possibility of death or injury, bravely voting, and sending America a big 'thank you' by their actions.