Maybe our bill is not perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better than what the House did.

[Harkin himself ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, but endorsed Bill Clinton shortly after dropping out of the race.] I don't take this step lightly, ... Gore is right for Iowa, he is right for America and he is right for our working families.

These votes are going to be counted in Florida. If they're not counted now, they are going to be counted next year under Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, ... If the truth comes out next year that in fact Al Gore did win Florida ... what is that going to do for the esteem and the respect of the Supreme Court of the United States?

We hammered out what I think is a good bill. ... Not a perfect bill, but a good bill.

I would much rather that the sirens go off maybe a little prematurely than not.

I'm not one of those guys trying to throw Bill Musgrave under the bus. I look at it, maybe I didn't play well enough last year to help us win just one more game to get into the playoffs. I mean, that's the easy fallback to say it was all his fault. I think, me personally, I'll take some of the responsibility for that also. I could have done some things better to make that thing work.