In a statement, Speaker Sheldon Silver said the Assembly had been a strong supporter of civil legal services for nearly 20 years.
Asked about the new bill, Maria Alvarado, a spokeswoman for Ms. Quinn, said in a statement: "Speaker Quinn looks forward to reviewing Council Member Garodnick's proposals.
Mr. Silver's spokesman, Mike Whyland, said in a statement: "Speaker Silver was not informed by Bill Collins about this matter at the time and he feels the matter should have been handled differently".
In a joint statement, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Republican of Illinois, and Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, the Democratic leader, said the anthrax was found in a machine that bundles mail for the Longworth House Office Building.
In a joint statement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the top Senate Democrat, warned Mr. Barr not to allow the White House a "sneak preview" of the document.
In a joint statement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York urged Mr. Barr not to give the White House a "sneak preview" of the report before the public can see it.
The trial judge rejected that defense, saying the First Amendment does not apply to statements the speaker knows to be false.
If we go by Ryan's own budget proposals and the public statements of Speaker Boehner, the Republicans will demand spending cuts on top of spending cuts.
In separate statements today, Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senator Trent Lott, the majority leader, restated their support for a prohibition on late-term abortion but did not mention the resolution.
In keeping with a long-standing tradition of featuring headline-generating statements, one speaker at the conference claimed that Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein were wrong about physics.
