The fact that we basically have a reticence within the Senate to make the tough votes on the floor.

Well, my biggest concern would be that we end up like the House of Representatives.

It is just a question of getting a calendar where the Majority understands that if it is going to take big pieces of complex public policy to the floor, it is going to have to spend two or three weeks to do it.

I think it is dangerous. I think because you can never anticipate what the Minority needs.

I just do not, I have never seen that as the best way to address how you--visually and politically it might have an effect.

I agree one hundred percent with his opening statement, and think it was an eloquent recitation of the importance of the filibuster and the rules of the Senate in protecting the Minority.

I commend the Department's efforts to accelerate critical improvements in our Nation's homeland security apparatus in the wake of the Christmas Day bomber's failed terrorist attack.

Those of us who've had a chance to travel to some more severe regions in this world, such as Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, of course Iraq, recognize that the men and women who serve us in the State Department are on the frontlines and…

Your presentation around the world has been extraordinary and it's been very positive for us, for our Nation, to have you out there as our spokesperson, along with the President, of course.

the whole concept of the TARP was that as we recoup the money, we would use it to pay down the debt

You are adding to the debt that our kids are going to have to pay back.