that kind of involvement, that kind of enforcement by government, that kind of interference, if you will, by government is totally proper, in my opinion, to make sure it doesn't happen again.

I appreciate that, as a former prosecutor, you have taken a tough line on wrongdoers by moving to require more admissions of guilt in settlements.

As an elected official, I know I will never get a positive story.

How do we get to protect those who do not get a chance to be seen properly?

I seem to get the sense that you both agree that changes need to take place but you do not agree on how the changes or what changes need to take place.

I do not want the government to tell people what they must print and what they must put on the air.

IT presents a unique challenge. We could give you a bundle of money now, and in a year and a half from now, half of that equipment you bought is obsolete.

One of the things you are going to continue to hear and we continue to hear here from a group of folks, in the majority party especially, is about cuts, cuts, cuts, cuts in the budget in general.

You cannot continue to protect investors and to make sure that our financial system is secure without sufficient resources.

I have been around here long enough to remember, for instance, Y2K, and how we felt the world was going to come to an end at midnight.

There are Members of the majority party who have been in a cost-cutting mood for the last couple of years, and all you hear from them is cut, cut, cut the budget.

I recently proposed legislation to require all smartphone manufacturers and service providers to make... a kill switch available to consumers...