I mean, obviously, we are going to have a congressional budget I hope.

I do not look forward to working on this together; it is not something either of us relish, but I think it is something that we are going to have to do.

I am sympathetic to what Senator Lautenberg was saying relative to representing an area that is a significantly high-threat area.

the political animal raises its head and basically says I got to get my share.

We've had a lot of interest here, obviously, in strengthening the Border Patrol regarding illegal immigration.

I don't even know the name of it, the company, or what the market is. It's just that I've run into someone that told me about it, and he indicated that there's been a dramatic reduction in sailors lost at sea as a result of this thing.

What percent of your forces are married?

I'm very skeptical about government's ability to successfully pick winners and avoid the losers.

I think the handwriting's on the wall that there are a lot of things we would like to do, but we're not able to afford to do them.

Mr. President, it was my understanding that another member of the Democratic Party was going to speak at this time, but not seeing him, I think I will just go ahead and deliver my presentation. As a candidate for the Senate during this…

The timing here is so extraordinary. The reaction of the president is so uncharacteristic to anything he has done in his six years of a presidency, that it raises legitimate questions.