I do not believe the president should have ignored the statute.

Look, we want a bill on the desk of the president as soon as possible.

We don't want to leave the impression that we're greedy, but we feel that the state statute has been ignored. We've tried for the last three years to get it resolved.

We had a marvelous meeting with the president, ... The president's comments were very candid, very forthcoming and he was interested in what we had to say.

We can contend that we have already done what the statute envisions, ... The president has demanded an accounting from the Soviets, and has done so repeatedly.

But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges.