I admire him because when he started he came from very modest beginnings and has worked his way up. He has been a councilman, a mayor, an assemblyman, a congressman, and he went to the third highest position in the Democratic house.

We've worked harder this fall than we ever have because we started earlier, ... We started right when we could and started doing the individual work because we anticipate that we have a lot of talent and that there is some talent that we need to develop to fill in with the existing talent. It does look good.

I admire the kid. Not for what he did, but how he's come back and he's worked and he's done things to improve himself. I look for a great year out of him.

Municipal networks expand economic opportunities. We've got to open new doors, not slam them shut.

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

Don't let them tell you that it's just a transfer of title. Baloney. We wouldn't transfer the title to the devil, and we're not going to transfer it to Dubai.