Steve Kagen

One of the reasons that they have a lack of confidence, not just in the economy but in their government, is our inability to catch all the crooks that caused this economic mess.

I was very pleased to hear in your opening remarks that you were steadfastly against providing the Federal Reserve with the authority to be the systemic risk regulator.

We can protect our environment, we can secure our nation and harvest our national forests all at the same time.

We must continue to support our dairy industry. If farms go under, they will not return.

We can make suggestions about what might be good for people, but we also have the capability and the power to reward people financially for doing the right thing, and punish people financially for not doing the right thing.

This legislative body cannot legislate morality. It hasn't worked with regard to AIG or the financial markets.

I am certain we shouldn't interpret your testimony to mean that we should blame our mothers if we are overweight.

No citizen should pay more than the lowest price available for a given procedure or a medical treatment.

It is my hope that Congress will collaborate with the Administration to develop practical, substantive and needed reforms to our health care delivery system.

I certainly hope this Administration will not jeopardize entitlement programs on which many Hoosiers rely.

It is time for pay-as-you-go budgeting (PAYGO) to move from rules to the law of the land.

The return to transparency in the budget process is welcome, and long overdue.

I believe a nation's budget is a reflection of its values and its priorities.

Enough is enough. I will always support our troops; but not President Bush's losing policies. We've done our job in Iraq. Our brave soldiers took out Saddam, and Iraq has held several free elections. They now have a budget surplus, while…

Well, I would close by thanking you for the opportunity. It's been a long day, another 15-hour day for both of us. And I want to thank the American people for tuning in tonight. And you can guarantee one thing, that we're working hard for…

But that requires judgment. It requires good judgment at every level of our government, not just a mayor or a county board member, but here in Congress and in the White House. And this is why this next election, I'm looking forward to…

We can do that by helping to evolve our health care system back to community-based ratings so there is no discrimination against any citizen, not just because of the color of their skin but their skin chemistry, not just the content of…

I think that you're headed toward the philosophy that I think America really believes in, getting back to the basics and putting the letters U-N-I-T-Y, unity, back into community.

It wouldn't be so bad if everybody else was doing that good. The reason it's bad is because we didn't get lifted up at the same time.

Does it not astound you that the administration today, and our opposing party, has no answer when we say, look, we are budget red. We have a budget deficit and Iraq has a budget surplus. Isn't it time that they paid for their own…

Does it bother you at all that we don't have any oversight in Iraq, where 20 percent of the money we're putting in, no receipts, no oversight at all, and it's a culture of corruption? Does that bother you at all?

Just to follow up, if I understand what you are saying, what we are really talking about is everybody's personal individual liberty and their rights as guaranteed under the Constitution, and that giving blanket immunity without asking any…

If I may ask a question, because I really appreciate your legal acumen, it is good to have roommates that are attorneys. So what you are explaining to us is that I have a right to my own phone records. That the records the phone company…

Millions of people are thinking to themselves right now, and have been, gee, I haven't done anything wrong. What have I got to be worried about? What have they got to be worried about?