The gimmickry in this bill is enough to make an Enron executive blush.

I don't want to see them left high and dry just like the Enron employees were left high and dry without any pension funds, without any retirement security,

Given Enron's collapse, we believe this is the best settlement we could reach. Obviously, Enron ripped off California a lot more than the payout, but we have to deal with reality.

We have chosen to be very prudent in my view, in taking only one [parliamentary option], that is to refuse to allow committees to meet beyond the first two hours, and will continue with that position so long as the Landrieu matter is still outstanding.

I think it's critical that the president lay out whatever evidence to suggest that [Saddam] poses a bigger threat than he did five years ago.

where I come from would earn a trip to the woodshed.