I have no idea why we would take this transference-of-wealth component out that--we have many environmentalists in our State.

A cap-and-trade system would be the underpinning of making intelligent market decisions.

Well, some of the TARP money, for instance, AIG is probably--that is an investment that is probably toast.

I think there is a tremendous desire that this country be energy-secure.

I think, actually, what the Secretary committed to earlier was not just Senator Shelby, a combination of where we are, but also an honest evaluation of where we are in the money, out of the money, as to guessing how much is actually gone…

I would hope that, with all the troubles that our country has right now, that, instead of creating this divisive picking of winners and losers, we would, instead, focus on something that will unite our country.

I think the White House and you all could communicate in that last night, the President said that you would be very clear and there would be specific plans.

I think the big, the 90 percent issue is that many of these banks know because of GAAP accounting on their accrual loans they haven't taken losses that they know are coming.

Unless we are marking the bills as they go over, and I know they are not, I know the money is--the money is fungible.

I am actually far more concerned about--I don't think we ought to have outside influences.

Thank you for having a very timely hearing. I appreciate it.

I do think that we can get in trouble sometimes by trying to make a program that we are working on better instead of just facing the facts.