Legislators Quotes

A child can go only so far in life without potty training. It is not mere coincidence that six of the last seven presidents were potty trained, not to mention nearly half of the nation's state legislators. - Dave Barry

[Taylor's option] leaves legislators too much control to take money out of the lottery for other things. Less money means fewer people will receive HOPE. Right now there are excess funds, but we don't want the extra money to be spent on other things. We need to protect HOPE for future generations to make up for possible shortfalls later. - Chris Dempsey

[Some lawmakers have talked about trying to call themselves into special session to deal with a broader range of issues than Blanco may want to tackle.] Legislators are spending a lot of time visiting with each other to make sure all ideas are on the table... We shouldn't be in and out in 10 days and wait until January to address fiscal matters. - Robert Adley

[Legislators] need to support privacy to establish consumer confidence. - Marc Rotenberg

[But the applause that greeted Warner at the ceremony here was hardly the highlight of his week. Earlier in the day, in his first foray to New Hampshire as an unannounced 2008 presidential hopeful, he had found a turn-away luncheon crowd of 200 state legislators and political activists at a Manchester restaurant and had been a hit.] An extremely favorable reaction... I don't know him very well, but he's a very impressive guy. - Lou D'Allesandro

(Legislators) are reinventing the wheel, making it square and asking us to do it for them. - Pat Burke