What has proven to work best to address drug abuse, in general, including prescription drug abuse are evidence-based solutions aimed at preventing drug abuse addiction, injury, and death.

I have experienced in the 30 years that I have been on this Committee is that NASA always seems to have cost overruns on everything.

This is a very serious issue. It is one that needs to be addressed, and it needs to be addressed in the proper manner.

Mandatory minimums have been proven to be a waste of the taxpayers' money, and violate common sense, when compared to traditional sentencing.

When is this Administration going to end the lockup increasing production on federal land?

the price of gas has gone up 100 percent in the last three years, and that is going to retard the economy coming back faster.

When President Bush left office, the average price of gas was $1.85. Now, it is at $3.65 and going up.

You know, meanwhile the price of gas has gone up by 100 percent on your watch. And this is unacceptable.

Well, sir, you know, with all due respect, there is a silver bullet and it is going right in the wallet of the American consumer with the doubling of the price of gas on this Administration's watch.

I think when we are talking about the legalities of this, we had better be darned sure that people are not fined for protecting their well-held religious beliefs.

This is not an issue of a single religious denomination. A lot of this is centered around what the Catholic Church teaches.