There are people that try to tear us down. We are the insulation to protect this country about and if they get to me, looks like you know, they could affect our election as well.

The instant messages reportedly between Congressman Foley and a former page, set in 2003 were vile and repulsive.

I have known him for all the years he has served in this House and he deceived me, too.

The very thought of this behavior made me sick. And Mark Foley should be ashamed.

Senator Clinton has been effective in trying to blur the distinctions. It really ends up speaking to how we are going to make decisions in the future.

I have asked John Shimkus, who is the head of the Page Board, to look into this issue regarding Congressman Foley. We want to make sure that all our pages are safe and the page system is safe -- safe.

So, you know, they have blocked the legislation that we would like to finish.

So, there are big divisions within our own party and, in some cases, within the leadership of the House and Senate that are both governed by Republican leaders.

This National Intelligence Estimate that administration has had for so long doesn't square with the message that's been given to us by the president and Vice President Cheney over the last several weeks.

The president has argued, and I suppose his followers argue, that we're going to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here. Well, our intelligence agencies say that, in the course of fighting them over there, their…

But you haven't issued any recommendations yet, but this is something that your office is investigating, at least, would that be accurate?

has thought been given about raising the renewable fuel standard to reflect the fact that we're actually doing better than we might have anticipated

But we can--and must--do more.

If you don't know, it would be great if you could get back to my office on it.

I have repeated many times that our dependence on foreign oil is not just an economic security issue but also a national security issue.

But we have to do more.

For these reasons, I was pleased to have cosponsored the renewable fuels standard that passed last year.

Yes, I know where they are. They're just too far away. We need more of them.