Sen. Bell Quotations

On a personal level, I wish to express my respect, regard, esteem and affection to my colleague, Sen. Scott McCoy, and regret the personal implications that came out of yesterday's discussion. Above all, the importance of a person has to be kept paramount. And not just a person, but people. I hope in some measure that will express the feeling of those in this body.

There are obviously some issues to face. This is not finished. I will be watching the poverty income issue. I'm concerned about the retiree issue. We've just got a lot of work to do.

I think it deserves a full hearing before the full House committee. Secondhand smoke is not just an annoyance. It is a health hazard, and Virginians are coming forward every day to tell us this is something they want addressed.

It is a message. We are not interested in removing the sales tax on food.

Irrespective of the fact that we do not have the technology or the skill to administer the anesthesia, I believe (it) is part of informed consent.

Other states across the nation have moved forward to protect their citizens. I think this is a common-sense, slow-motion step, allowing localities to take their own way.

I think this has a great deal of support in the public.

(Mansell and I) felt like if (some) things could've been worked out there was probably a pretty good bill here. Unfortunately, we didn't get to have that discussion.

We see this as having been a success, and we want to continue that.

It's a pretty broad-based approach and it addresses a lot of things.

I'm sure there are some people who have heartburn with some parts of it. But that's true of a lot of bills we vote on.

I'm having a really hard time with this bill because of its omnibus nature.

I feel like our federal immigration system is broken, and we are not going to fix it with this bill.

I can't vote for the provision in this bill that deals with workplace safety.

You could argue if it pays a little more attractively, then they won't have that resistance.