Now there's going to be buying power over these plans and it's going to force the prices down, so it's going to effect their profit line a little bit on the bottom line. It's going to cut off a little of their profits, if there's the competition we think there's going to be.

I've never denied my sexual orientation. I just don't make a point of it. It isn't what I do, ... Clearly, I'm known for the work I've done on trade and Social Security.

I'm looking forward to the day when we have a free trade agreement (with New Zealand),

not wasted on government bureaucracy or frivolous projects.

For those who are in that choice, those are probably low income people. About 14 million Americans are going to have a benefit here, that's going to be almost 100 percent, not quite, but almost 100 percent of coverage.

I think His Majesty agrees we need to do everything we can to support Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] and the Palestinian Authority, to make sure that his police have the tools they need to provide the security, ... That is the big question there. The Israelis are reluctant to allow any kinds of weapons across, into Gaza, into the West Bank, to the security forces, but if he doesn't have those security forces properly armed he can't do the job.