I appreciate the conference office acting upon my request to review the matter and their willingness to hold officials accountable for their work.

Instead of holding hands with Saudi officials and other members of OPEC, we should hold them accountable for these record gas prices, ... The primary reason people are paying so much at the pump is because President Bush refuses to get tough with his Saudi friends.

We've had this request from Senator Leahy, and we're going to review it as we do all requests from the Hill. We're at the very beginning of our review to see if there's any action the Department should take.

We appreciate the chairman's willingness, and that of his staff, to devote the time and effort to resolve this matter and believe that our agreement ensures that the needs of both the committee and the White House will be met,

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

We're going to hold those accountable that need to be held accountable.