Frank Wolf

This institution is broken. The people have no confidence. I don't think this institution is going to fix it.

Jim Cooper and I put a bill in yesterday. We had it in last year.

Secretary Clinton went to China with a tin cup begging never wanting to offend the dictators of Beijing.

The country is broke. China holds our debt.

Our unemployment rate is 8.1 percent. Factories are closing. We have got the biggest deficit for as far as the eye can see.

The American people are frankly experiencing a crisis of confidence in this institution and in government.

I know when Mr. Scott and I put the bill in we had tremendous resistance from the states.

I think it has to be so truly bipartisan that it stands the test no matter who comes at it.

I thank whatever is done really has to be so authentically, truly, bipartisan.

I think it is the most extensive since I have worked in this institution, that there has been so much time spent.

Also, Mr. Werholtz, if you vote for Sam Brownback for Governor you will have one of the finest guys that I know.

I talked to a prisoner, he got out, he cannot get a job.

I am going to offer an amendment here to set up a pilot program to have prisoners working.

The problem is that this Congress has diminished the amount of work that prisoners can do.

I think it is interesting. Kansas is different than, I mean, you have different areas.

I think there is a unique opportunity. I think we are coming to a storm economically.

I think a job is the most important, centering thing, for all of us, an important centering part of our lives.

People in prisons are people. They have moms and dads and husbands and wives and kids. And they are not statistics.

We are going to offer an amendment that sets up a program whereby prisoners can work on making products that are no longer made in the United States.

I think we are building more prisons, putting more people away when we ought to be putting more money into training and work.

How well do we honestly do?

And actually, you know, for three old guys, you were fairly exciting insofar as laying out what the opportunities are insofar as really making a difference.

I think faith makes a big difference. John Newton wrote Amazing Grace. The faith issue was the issue that changed him.

I believe it would be important to bring more work into the prisons.

I think your unemployment rate is 10 percent.