Every so often you might have an outburst in the gallery. That's one of the most exciting things that happen because then you can say, 'Unless there's order we will call the Sergeant at Arms.' And that sounds really scary.

I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

We had a few tragic accidents in our state, as they've had in every state, from train crashes on down. And really, no text is worth dying for; that is our message to young people. And this is such a new phenomenon when you look at the number of texts and how they've increased exponentially in just the last few years.

We're actually making stuff in America now. We're exporting stuff. We're inventing things.

We've got to get things done. We've got an economy that is stabilized, but not moving ahead.

You can't really explain why things happen.