I know that's your testimony, Senator Torricelli, but it is not accurate.

Let's deal with each other honestly.

This is the definitive day, and if Al Gore cannot persuade the Florida Supreme Court so that both the certification and the Florida Legislature (are) on the same side of this ledger, then this battle is over.

If the vote were held today [in the Finance Committee] it would fail. It is notable that there is bipartisan representation here today for a trigger by members of the finance committee itself.

[But Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) said by guaranteeing the loan and allowing the forum to repay money to the Republican National Committee, businessman Young had more impact on the 1994 elections than any American citizen who contributed legally.] Our national debate was changed, ... The point is, it wasn't right.

There were no gifts. Everything is properly accounted for. I provided testimony and evidence to the committee, ... This was all stuff that was previously known.

The committee now has both the testimony and there is sufficient evidence to feel comfortable about the relationship, ... I've expressed regret, that Mr. Chang clearly was a person that I never should have known.

The certification . . . obviously changes the dynamic, ... Certification in Florida was not the end. But without some intervening legal decision, it's the beginning of the end.

We actually called our bipartisan tax cut the October plan, because we believe that there's the makings here of a grand compromise, ... Face the Nation.