[Several agreed that the concentration of refineries had created a dangerous dependence on the gulf region to process a large share of the nation's fuel supplies.] We are just in the beginning of the hurricane season, ... What happens if there is another hurricane?

Statutory authority to improve fuel economy has existed for 35 years at the Transportation Department, and it still exists today.

Our hunting areas are the grocery store.

I did not believe and I do not believe that Planned Parenthood should be defunded.

I'm not a quitter - never have been.

We talk a lot in Congress about how we're going to encourage more development in renewables, and we put in place a subsidy that's good for two years. Then Congress argues and bickers over whether or not we're going to extend it. As a consequence, nothing happens because we've put so much uncertainty into the prospect of these subsidies.