As a taxpayer, I do not support $350 billion--and I did not at the beginning.

We have entitlement programs the promises of which simply cannot be kept.

We thank the House and Senate Interior Subcommittees and our congressional delegation--Representative Pomeroy, Senator Dorgan and Senator Conrad for their support.

We are very pleased that the Obama administration intends to ask for BIE funding for UTTC.

I do not believe that it is a wise policy to set a specific date for withdrawal from Iraq. I do believe it makes sense to begin to redeploy our forces sometime this year.

Rather than a tax increase, I think the first place we ought to look . . . is the tax gap. If we could collect this money, we'd virtually eliminate the deficit.

The longer we postpone the solution to this flooding crisis, the more danger North Dakota, Canada, and surrounding areas will face. The Devils Lake outlet project needs to be in full operation as soon as possible.

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.

The need is not being met. Would you agree with that?

In your judgement, how much money would be needed to really meet the need?

I do not think there is a bigger gap anywhere in the Federal Government.