I am focused on 2006.

I'm running for reelection to the Senate. I have more than I can say grace over right now. There's just so much work to be done. And, you know, I just have to say that this budget debate is not just about, you know, numbers. It's about…

None of this adds up. I mean, it isn't even close. None of this adds up. And the result is, I think, going to be very, very serious damage to the fiscal strength of our country.

If in fact the Democrat leadership continues the pattern of the last Congress, and that is to block and obstruct the agenda, then that's a legitimate charge to make.

I mean, is he, is President George Bush a man of his word? He said that he was going to reach out to the Democrats. Strange way to reach out.

What government's all about is honesty, integrity, not phoniness.

Why didn't he stand and tell the American people last Wednesday that one of the first items of business we were going to do in Washington is send out a hit piece on the Democratic leader?

Mr. President, I call upon you to repudiate this document, to tell the Republican National Committee, don't mail it.

It wasn't as dramatic as it sounds. I've had a -- I came up with the 24-hour virus in the last 24 hours, and I will -- I'll be fine.

Because the Native Hawaiian government is not an Indian tribe, the body of Federal Indian law that would otherwise customarily apply when the United States extends Federal recognition to an Indian tribal group does not apply.

. . . That is why concerns which are premised on the manner in which Federal Indian law provides for the respective governmental authorities of the state governments and Indian tribal governments simply don't apply in Hawaii.

I hope the Chairman will call for hearings on this, and I fully support him.

How about getting Europe to go along?

Madam Secretary-designate, you can make a difference. If you'll jump on that horse and ride it, and keep on it over the next four years of your tenure, it'll start to pay huge dividends.

The problem is, they never follow through.

When a leader, such as Chavez in Venezuela, starts lurching to the left, and yet we have a dependency there...

I want to suggest something to you. And it's a bill that is sponsored by one of our Republican colleagues, Mike DeWine of Ohio, and it's called the HERO Act.

I've had a difference of opinion with the administration, and I think you did have a policy of regime change.