I think we had a space race many years ago, but it is truly going to be a race for energy efficiency.

We would like to see E12 and E15 and that we do not lose this biofuel component.

I come from a State that believes in science. We gave the world everything from the pacemaker to the Post-It note.

I think if we saw some pattern here of increased prices, as we saw back in--who was bringing up 1975 and what had happened?

I think it is important when we look at these numbers we consider that as well.

Many changes to the transparency of the financial institutions have been made since September 11th and we have also seen an increase in efforts internationally to clamp down on financial crimes.

I think our role here and our duty and the FTC's duty is beyond that, and it is really looking at if there has been a bad effect on consumers because of this.

You would prefer it done nationally, federally. It would be a lot easier than creating a national study for us to look at.

the only safe predictions to make about today's decisions are that it will likely raise the price of goods at retail.

It is going to be very important to this debate that business and the businesses that have sprung up around new energy, clean energy, green energy, whatever you want to call it, technology, has a seat at the table here.

The President has called for increased development of biofuels.

we have truly seen the advantages of the jobs that can come out of homegrown energy.

There's a lot of interest to incorporate road construction projects with the deployment of broadband technology, with the idea that we can save taxpayer money and reduce disruptions to American's lives, if we dig once.

this Promotion Act is one of the pieces, it will have a multi-year effect if we don't do something now.

One out of eight jobs in America is related to tourism and travel.

I hope my colleagues will join me in promoting tourism and business travel, particularly as a means to stimulate our sluggish economy.

I think that is a good way to end.

I think it is very important for people to know that smaller resorts and areas that aren't in the top four tourist destinations have also seen a decrease.