CHARLES A. GONZALEZ: “Texas has been, is, and will remain an energy State.”

Let me ask you, Mr. Shapiro, how would you describe the purpose of antitrust laws?

As well we should reject any last minute legislation that has not been fully reviewed by the Congress.

I actually see that we are ignoring things that are systemic that took over a number of years to develop in this country.

Many of the most vocal complaints about the first decade of this century centered around the practice of granting billions of dollars in no-bid contracts, especially during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.