Bill Cassidy

We are interested in accountability, and I am not sure I would characterize the ability to let go some as going to intimidate the rest.

I cannot believe in the private sector there would be such a reluctance to hold those who were venal and incompetent accountable to the degree that they would be let go.

$1.5 million--it is a start, but in a budget of $66 billion, it is kind of a leaky faucet.

If you go to a rural district, they may not have the ability to apply for a grant.

It really seems since Senator Alexander advocated for you being appointed so that we could follow through on the clear intent of the Congress in terms of implementation of the law, right out of gates, it looks like you are kind of ignoring…

I am a strong supporter of the Jones Act and see it as important for many reasons, not just domestic security but also the economy of our country.

If there is someone who has committed a crime who is here illegally, commits a crime, goes into--and/or as an ICE detainee or as otherwise a ward of the State or the Federal Government, I gather that when they are released from detention…

That 5 percent becomes the face of the organization, and at times that one person destroys it for that patient.

Combat readiness though is almost by definition--it seems to be the number one priority of the Army, to be ready for combat.

If you're going to buy back folks in, it just seems as if they would want to have daycare or such like that, if they're going to rejoin.

I am told by some that they may see two patients an hour.

You'll recognize the importance of combat training centers and the need to modernize the joint readiness training centers such as at Fort Polk?

If we are a Nation of laws, whatever we think about the ACA, if we are a Nation of laws, it cannot just be expediency.

I will say that, speaking to folks, they actually feel like the initial rules that came out after the Macondo were actually fairly reasonable.

If we are going to have an impact upon the ability of oil wells to be drilled, that is going to affect the energy supply in the United States.

I just say that for the record. Others may fuss with that.

But, marginal cost of regulation is a cost.

I thought this is where the Indian tribes were allowed--the Native American tribes were allowed to buy land back from the United States.

It isn't insofar as--believe me, I care about the Deepwater Horizon.

Now, when it impacts the economics of the industry, it is fair to say that a well that could be economically developed at $80 a barrel probably cannot be at $30.

So just on a personal level I know that it is a great program, but not many people do because when I go through New Orleans, I am in the line but there are 100 people who are not. Is there a way that we can expand that?

There is no way that this is risk-based screening. It is entirely random.

So, in a sense, anything that would promulgate or increase the use of peer groups would probably be a good thing.

If we don't have some way to divert folks who are mentally ill out of the jail, it may be they're going into a setting which would make a dad gum ER look calm--super chaotic.

I think we now think--many of us think of it--that the prison and jail system is the de facto mental health system in the United States.