One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved.

There's about six bills being looked at in the Senate that would change and put a deposit fee on the products. The question is will any of them get through and signed by the governor. You never know.

In the bill that was introduced in the Senate, in the bill that I introduced along with some members, we preserve the tactical intelligence part of the equation, ... And so, I hope we can change their minds.

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies

Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.

As many members of the Senate as there are, there's that many different views of how you do offsets, ... That's why it will be hard to do.