Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime.

Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the bankruptcy of Enron. He was the man in control at the time the company failed. But failure is not a crime. Bankruptcy is not a crime.

We want her on the stand. We will put in all the notes from those meetings. They'll show that (Enron) was a well-run organization and a lot of people were asking righteous questions. They demonstrate an intelligent corporation in action.

I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal.

After the fact, we will look back on the Enron episode as a period when we put corporate governance back on track, ... That is favorable to the long-term outlook. If it were going to have significant impact on the economy in the short run, we'd already be seeing it, and we are not.

This is an important step in our plan to restore investor confidence in Enron, ... Additionally, we will update investors over the next several days regarding our plans to maintain our long-term credit rating.