Trent Lott Quotes (104 Quotes)

The Senate is never easy, ... But when you get a new administration and a new Congress, it gives you sort of an opportunity to take a little time out and see what we can do together.

We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world.

The vote will not occur in any event before some time during the day tomorrow, ... We don't have an agreement at this point to do anything but to go forward with the vote, but we're exploring all kinds of possibilities and that's where we stand.

We should just extend it and if the White House objects, let them veto it.

Please, please, my colleagues, let's don't try to fix blame right now. There'll be a time for that. Let's fix the problems that we've got to deal with now.

Let no one doubt that the Congress and the American people stand united behind our men and women who are bravely heeding the call of duty there.

This bill is stronger in several aspects than the house passed bill, but I think a lot of it has been done thoughtfully and that they will move through a conference relatively quickly,

Most Americans in both red and blue states reject and resent the message being sent by Hollywood and some in the media that values are subjective, to be defined by the individual and not by God.

Congress had to pass legislation this year called the Iraq Liberation Act with money to start supporting democratic groups and opposition groups to Saddam Hussein,

I've discussed this with the president ... and I've discussed it with the speaker of the House ... and they both feel like the Sarbanes bill is within the range that they can support.

David Gunn has worked very hard to reform Amtrak and has done an excellent job under very difficult circumstances and without sufficient support or funding. Today's action is a step backward,

They all pledged to back whatever decision I made, ... But I knew the heavy flak they were getting from other members of Congress and, more important, from their own constituents.

I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.

We think that the best way to keep calm and cool and dignified is to look at each other and talk to each other,

John Ashcroft is going to be a very thoughtful, very conscientious attorney general of high integrity. He's going to surround himself with men and women of a variety of backgrounds and races to run that Justice Department in an appropriate way, enforcing the laws on the books,

For the sake of getting this done, I would plead again to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle Let's find a way to get an agreement to do aviation security. And then find a way to do these other issues that are all so important,

I do think we, the president, all of us need to do a better job, do more, ... why we have made this commitment, what is being done now, what we do expect in the process and, yes, why it's going to take more time.

He'd always had a habit of bartering his crucial vote on legislation for his own pet projects,

Tax cuts are a very high priority because it's obvious that the American people, in view of the growing economy -- they're being overtaxed. That's what is adding to the surplus,

Sen. Trent Lott ( news , bio , voting record ), R-Miss., said the U.S. is winning in Iraq but has a way to go ... Meet the Press.

When you go through the list of things that are achieved in this tax relief package, it does an awful lot for the American dream, ... I think we've got a fantastic bill here and I think it's time we discuss that fact with the American people.

We intend to continue to try to narrow the list of questions and come forward with a proposal that would provide for an early beginning, appropriate time for briefings to be filed, for a full trial to be provided for and votes on articles of impeachment at the end of the process,

I have full faith that our negotiators will craft a measure that will lead us on a track towards turning the economy around.

This is legislation that is good for America, that's good for our working people in America, ... It will take a lot of vigilance to see that it is complied with, but it is the right thing to do.

When you're a blue-collar worker, a few dollars more a week in the price of gas does make a difference,

He's a charming guy who was a suing lawyer -- that's S-U-I-N-G lawyer -- who dropped by the Senate for four years and thought he was ready to be president. Now he wants to be vice president. What credentials does he have Zero.

Y'all come back soon, but I hope that's not taken the wrong way and not for an occasion like this one,

The platform we had in Dallas, the 1984 Republican platform, all the ideas we supported there - from tax policy, to foreign policy; from individual rights, to neighborhood security - are things that Jefferson Davis and his people believed in.

We are very committed to a balanced budget. In fact, we want a Constitutional amendment. So when he talks about those things, it's good news to us. We just need to see how that's going to be done,

Diplomats are supposed to stop fights, not create fights, ... This has not been handled well at all by the administration or by the nominee. It's very flaky when you look at it from a distance.

As we watch the aftermath of the elections in Iraq, let's remember that while our own American culture remains young, our course of freedom is not.

We've got to pay attention to the fact that morale is down, we are losing ground in readiness and on pay and pensions we are shortchanging them and they are getting out.

I know, Sen. Daschle, that the weight of this job will be as heavy as the weight on Atlas when he carried the world on his shoulders, ... I hope I can help sometimes to make that burden a little lighter.

I am absolutely satisfied that if we are going to have a major conflict again in Iraq, that Congress will be involved, that there will be time for a debate,

We have to take a look at what it might take. I'm not sure that that type of a frontal ground assault is what we might be doing. It might eventually take a substantial number of troops,

We believe our choice is clear, ... The first priority of your representatives in Washington must be to fight for the interests of the American family.

would help with the revenue that we would have available to the government to spend for our top priorities --- education and defense.

I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either.

There is no question that some of these municipalities and counties are wiped out, ... They have no tax base and won't have for a while so we may have to give them a helping hand just to keep their debt payments current. We'll have to look at how to do that.

We've made some real efforts, but things have gotten worse,

Sometimes even the closest of families has a little squabble, a little disagreement about exactly how to proceed, but the best thing to do when you have that disagreement within the family is you talk it out, you work it out and you stay together, and that's what we've done here today,

We're not interested in making this look like an armed compound, but we are interested in making sure that we have the necessary security and that our police have the training and relief they need to do the job,

For many elites in the entertainment industry, academic community and in the big national media, patriotism by 'flag wavers' is a hokey, outdated concept.

Sometimes inaction is better than wrong action, so if I can't see a way to come to a reasonable agreement, then the alternative would be to try to find a way to leave that money in place and let the debt be retired,

The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations.

My job as majority leader is be supportive of our troops, try to have input as decisions are made and to look at those decisions after they're made, ... And not to march in lock step with everything the president decides to do.

The president can and will, I believe and hope, will make a difference. But I hope that some time and obviously a lot of deliberation goes into the final decision of what to say and how to say it.

I'm absolutely satisfied ... that there will be time for a debate.

Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.

Remember, there's not a constitutional crisis here, ... The presidency will be there. The government will be there and be strong after this is over. This is a Clinton crisis. The system is working. There is a process that will work.