I will tell you that through the storm, we learned some things that make a lot of sense.

We spent, in some examples, over $100,000 or $150,000 just to get them the benefit of a $60,000 to $90,000 new permanent home.

Social Security is a lifeline to a life of dignity.

Seniors are counting on us to protect the benefits that they have earned through a lifetime of work.

Only smart, strategic, and focused investments will keep our America great.

You know, one aspect of the current fiscal debate which I don't think has received enough attention is foreign holdings of U.S. debt.

We can't axe investments.

Only smart, strategic and focused investments will keep our America great.

the gas prices were rising well before the events in the Middle East and North Africa. It was because of the President's policies.

Just using the logic of the President if he is going to try to take claim for production today that was authorized, explored years ago, I guess, in a few years, that means that a future President is going to have a big reduction in…

the actions that this President has taken to create this crisis is even more devastating along the Gulf Coast.

we spend nearly $1 billion each and every day on buying oil from foreign sources.

It is time for the President to act. This is costing jobs. It is raising gas prices, and it is killing America's energy security.

I think right now Gulf seafood is probably the safest most-tested food in the world because of this.

If challenging the President to a game of one-on-one basketball gets me a meeting with him, so we can talk about this crisis that has led to thousands of job losses and higher gas prices, I will be happy to challenge the President to…

I think what is most irritating, we have been trying to get a meeting with the President to talk specifically about this issue.

there is no moratorium on shallow-water drilling, yet as you point out, there is an 85 percent reduction in shallow-water drilling

when rigs leave, it has a cascading negative impact on America.