Trent Lott

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'

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

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.

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

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,

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

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.

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,

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.

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.

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

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,

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

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

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.

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

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,

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,

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

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

We've made some real efforts, but things have gotten worse, ... Jiminy, it's a big problem.

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

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

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.