Would you name those four industries?

It is clear then that we can do some things at the beginning to, hopefully, alleviate that issue.

I want to assure you that those of us in Indiana don't have access to Indiana shrimp.

I must admit, I was--there were times when I was grumbling about the role of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee.

We all know that we're focusing exclusively on about 15 percent of the total budget.

We're going to be able to deal with the deficits and the debt and the need for infrastructure and high-speed rail.

Politicians like to divide up the pie. They don't want New Jersey and New York to get all of it.

The reality is that, probably, we're not going to get to the numbers the administration has proposed.

High-speed rail makes sense in some very dense corridor areas. It doesn't make sense in the middle of America.

It seems to me there's a priority there. We're not going to be able to do No. 2 unless we can do No. 1.

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