Paul S. Sarbanes

Well, it's not very private counsel when you go on the national media shows, appear publicly, and answer questions in that forum.

I think a Secretary who adopts a unilateralist approach in the international environment may miss important opportunities to prevent conflicts and to build alliances.

This deficit requires us Americans to borrow about $2 billion from foreigners every working day. No expert I know believes that this is sustainable.

I find this troubling. I guess I find any chart that all of a sudden seems to leap out in some different direction from what we have generally been experiencing a matter of concern.

This deficit requires us Americans to borrow about $2 billion from foreigners every working day. No expert I know believes that this is sustainable.

I find this troubling. I guess I find any chart that all of a sudden seems to leap out in some different direction from what we have generally been experiencing a matter of concern.

I am pleased to welcome Chairman Greenspan back before our Committee to testify on the Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress.

I think the best way to do it is to have a flexible exchange rate, and that will let the market work even more.

I think you are just not coming to grips with the problem in my perception.

Do you think they made that decision in order to sustain the currency position and gain a trade advantage from it?

This was a decision by the Bank of Japan, the Government, not by private Japanese investors about the strength of the American economy.

If it shows that we are strong, why are you telling them not to do it?