"We're getting rid of those ad hoc disaster-payment approaches." -- Tom Daschle on May 26, explaining why the farm bill was going to cost $180 Billion.

"Suggesting that natural disaster aid come from the farm bill is like taking money from one pocket and putting it in the other. That's not disaster relief; it's a shell game." -- Tom Daschle this month, explaining why he was asking for an ad hoc $6 Billion disaster-payment approach.