America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. I am, therefore, going to oppose the increase in the debt limit.

I sort of hope that happens, because then people like me would go in and buy.

Congress is going to an unprecedented session to pass a $10 billion supplemental bill tonight to keep FEMA... and the Red Cross up and operating.

Sorry for interrupting. I haven't heard that because for the last four days, I've been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other -- you know, I got…

I can't find anyone who thinks the so-called data-mining aspect of the secret surveillance program is legal.

The cuts come at the expense of middle-class Americans.

This is a matter of national security that I have 25 years tried to support the position taken by the senator of Washington and the senator from Massachusetts that this area should be open to oil and gas exploration.

Dick Cheney said, 'Everyone who was briefed just went along with this, They were told; no one complained.' That is a falsehood on its face; it's absolutely a falsehood.

Whenever the administration is caught in a situation where the intelligence is flawed or controversial, whether it was the invasion of Iraq or this spying on American citizens, their first line of defense is, well, the Democrats were in on…

Count Mississippi Senator Trent Lott among the victims of Hurricane Katrina who are suing their insurance companies.

They tell us, trust us; we follow the law. Give me a break.

We are a democracy. Let's have checks and balances, not secret orders and secret courts.

When you got beyond the headline -- and starting with the headline that the president had authorized these wiretaps, surveillance of citizens in the United States -- that's wrong and it can't be condoned at all.

Senator Arlen Specter wants to hold hearings.

So, while it's encouraging -- at least we know that will get done -- we have got a long way to go.

You promised to do whatever it took. And we know there are many things that it will take, but one thing that we have to leave with and one thing is a commitment for our levees.

We'll let the future take care of itself.

We will let the future take care of itself.