[But he pledged to bring the issue to a vote.] I don't know that we'll have the votes on the day we get back, no, ... But I think we'll have the votes next week as the chairmen work with their members. |
At the end of the day, ... that is probably the hardest work we have to do. |
Despair has been your lot for 60 years, ... but today we can say farewell with courage and with the knowledge that the fate of our fellow citizens has finally been discovered. |
Even a bill designed to cut gas prices probably needed more time, |
Eventually we're going to take something to the floor that is a test of the members more than we intended to test the members, because that's just going to happen. I'm convinced that we're going to be fine when we take this to the floor on Thursday. But hard things to do are hard. |
I do think over the last seven years I've counted more votes than anybody else on the House floor, and I'm confident that we are now where we need to be to get this done. |
I don't believe anybody is opposed to refining this product in an appropriate way, ... We're having a significant discussion with our members. |
I don't know that we would drop the food stamp cuts. |
I don't see any wavering of the support for the leader. I think a lot of members think he's taking arrows for all of us. |
I think [the problem was] it was a very political vote and there were lots of absences. |
I think it is important to put these tax policies out there and do our best to make the truthful case that anything short of this would be a tax increase, |
I think largely because of his effectiveness as a leader, [DeLay] became a target, ... We all believe that he'll return once this indictment is out of the way. That's what the rules call for. |
I think the compromise works. I talked to Chairman (Michael) Oxley about it again today and we look forward to having that situation resolved on the House floor next week. |
I think the whole leadership is in agreement this is what ought to happen, both the House and the Senate, |
I think we need to know a little more about what the world we're going to live in looks like. |