He was fed up with people starving.

Our goal is to send a tractor-trailer down to the Gulf Coast every week. We have sent three already since the [Hooters] airplane [donated by owner Robert Brooks] went down there [Sept. 7]. People thought that once we sent the airplane and the first tractor-trailer down there that that was it. But this is just the beginning. ... We are planning to try to help Hurricane Rita evacuees as well.

The outpouring has been awesome.

We've got the whole community coming together to help us with this effort. God has blessed us, and we are going to get some of those families here, provide them with the shelter they need and help them find jobs in our communities. We want to help them put normalcy back into their lives.

There is no government policy of subcontracting torture, as has been alleged, ... Some of these issues are going to be examined. When people make allegations like this, of course we're concerned.

She can't grant status to somebody. We have systems and we expect people to come through the front door of our immigration system.