My answer to this question is a resounding and unequivocal yes.

In my opinion, the result of all this is we have fiscal cancer, and it is metastasizing at the rate that very soon no surgery, no chemotherapy, no radiation will be able to cure the problem.

It is so clear to me, it is beyond question to me that you have to have a special process.

I think this is going to be tough politically.

There is an increasing disconnect between the public and Washington.

I do not want reductions in social programs. But I recognize there is no alternative.

The President and Congress have acknowledged that the bulk of our budget problem lies in the health care, the area of health care entitlements.

You just can't be drunk. You can drink and drive. You just can't be drunk.

For those who like the wild price swings in the oil futures market, the unseemly speculation in mortgage-backed securities, or the exotic and risky financial products like credit default swaps that pushed our economy into the ditch, this…

I know the Wall Street crowd can't wait to sink their teeth into a new trillion-dollar trading market in which hedge funds and investment banks would trade and speculate on carbon credits and securities.

I don't want you to be patient any more.

We believe consultation is the hallmark of this Committee in our work with the tribal governments around the Country.

We are now focused on trying to find solutions to those problems.

This Committee is not going to be in the business of trying to recognize what is an Indian tribe or who belongs to an Indian tribe.

The issue of efficiency is a really interesting concept.

I agree with you that a carbon fee is a much more straightforward approach.

I believe we ought to do it in two steps. First, take up the energy bill that has passed this committee, which I think has a lot to commend in the way of addressing climate change, and pass that.

We in North Dakota, for example, use exactly twice as much fuel as the average New Yorker does.