I think there are plenty of people within the government, who would really look forward to the promotion and could do the job just as well.

What I am seeing is a massive transfer of wealth from the taxpayers to the banks in the name of systemic risk.

Families that know what it means to punch in and punch out every day, some individuals that are really struggling in rural Florida, they need that tax credit, they need that assistance.

I think you are 110 percent right. And thank you.

I want to talk to you about today, or ask you questions about, is accountability.

I want to commend the Administration for doing something that we haven't done in a very long time here in Washington, D.C., especially from the executive branch, and that is to share with the American people the truth.

I strongly support 287(g) and believe it is invaluable, too, to help enhance our ability to deter illegal immigration and detect criminals and others who may wish to do us harm.

Do you believe, as Sheriff Bob White in my district does, that legal, law-abiding immigrants are actually more afraid of the criminal aliens in their communities than they are of local law enforcement?

State and local law enforcement agencies are successfully using 287(g) authority to make communities safer.

I strongly support the 287(g) program and believe that it is an invaluable tool to help enhance our ability to deter illegal immigration.

Well, we want to make sure that there is a police officer there at the beginning versus several months into it. I think that is key and paramount.

I think that when we start looking not only at TARP--and I am glad that there was some representation of being putting the screws in as it relate to companies like AIG and others that are making everyone else look bad, who are receiving…

we need to look at the funding, communicate with the tribes and see what the dollar amount is that each tribe needs

I hope it is in the record and we will follow suit with resolutions from NCAI but from across the land...

my idea would be not the Department of Interior and the BIA within that Department, that there would be a Department of Indian Affairs completely

I think that is clearly going to be a charge for this Administration. It is going to take strong leadership to come in and start making some significant changes.

I think at least on this side of the aisle we support trying to reduce the human impacts on global warming.

The difficulty is if we can have an affect in reducing global warming and we do not and global warming continues, the costs could be catastrophic.