This is a matter of clear national interest that has had a strong bipartisan element.

the reflex is, 'Let's say no.' The reflex is, 'Let's not have a catch.'

we're not talking about permanently fouling anything. We're not talking about people dying from bad air or being poisoned by bad water.

we plucked this arbitrary 10-year number out of the air and put it into the statute.

That's one of the--what I plan to do--and I hope we can get this--is to amend that 10-year thing.

I wish it wasn't on this point--mainly that there is a pretty complete sense on the part of the fishermen in Massachusetts that they face a hostile administration.

I think the catch is the essential issue.

Your testimony cherry-picks what looks good and leaves out what's not good, and that's not building trust.

We had a bipartisan agreement--Senator Snowe and others in the Senate, Senator Brown, Senator Kerry.

Sarbanes-Oxley is a great confidence builder.

I am less enamored of further reducing the reach of Sarbanes-Oxley.