I plan to conduct myself in a way, again, that we do not harden ourselves against each other prior to the first of the year.

I think all of us know that whatever passes out of the committee this week is not going to become law.

I think that is a step forward, and I appreciate you doing that.

the Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA, is a multibillion-a-year utility--one of the largest in the Nation. It plays a critical role in our economic development efforts in Tennessee by providing low-cost, reliable power that is essential…

I really appreciate the way the two staffs worked so hard together to master housing finance and produce a product that had a lot of bipartisan support.

What is the biggest risk that you see into the future if Congress does not take action on housing finance?

I thank the Senator. I want to thank the Senator from South Carolina for his distinguished leadership on so many national security issues. I understand his frustration with our inability to actually take a vote on something that is such a…

It is my understanding the leader is on his way down. I have a unanimous consent request that I would like to offer. I know that he wants to say a word. I will preliminary make some comments. When he gets here, out of respect for his time…

I want to thank the leader for coming down and thank him for agreeing to a time when we both can be here. I do want to say that we could deal with it exactly in the way that I laid out and keep the government from shutting down because we…

I do not know whether they are being trained for offensive or defensive--I would like you to clarify that--activities.

you are not going to ask for buy-in by the United States Senate or House of Representatives on behalf of the American people in a conflict that you say is going to be multiyear, some people say a decade

I just want to say, as I have said to you personally, we have three Senators--the President, Vice President, Secretary of State--that are exercising terrible judgment right now.