From the National Journal, cover dated March 18, 2006:
“We would give up any pay, any outside food. We would live in the Russell compound. We would have no conjugal visits. And for 15 minutes a day, we would go out into the courtyard, which we would use to confess our sins and flagellate ourselves”
– Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., outlining his latest ethics reform proposal at a Baker & Hostetler tax and budget seminar.