Robert Packwood: “I have thought so for the last 30 years. We are often saying we have to compete overseas, and there are advantages they…”

I regret the odious deal I had to make with the oilies, which was totally unjustified and given to them when no other business got it.

Tax reform, if it's done correctly, should promote growth and significantly reduce economic distortions that are present under the current income tax system.

Well, that is why this committee--at least in Bill's and my era, there was much more nonpartisanship in the Senate than there apparently is today.

All of us in politics have seen natural leaders. Some of them are inside leaders, like Lyndon Johnson. Some are outside leaders, like Ronald Reagan.