I didn't know what the rules were. If anyone is to blame, it's me. At some point in time I just gave up trying to fight it, so the contract became more expeditious.

We believe we were playing by the rules and regulations and guidelines as we understood them at the time.

We were young,?;didn't know?;all the rules at the time, and ended up breaking some of them as a result.

Someone in the legislature has way too much time on their hands. If you throw out all the rules, at least for a while, you'll have chaos, and it's chaotic enough.

EPA just strengthened its hand to make sure states implement clean air rules on time and on target, but it failed to take the extra steps to fully address the pollution blowing into North Carolina,

The report-back time as set in the Rules of the House makes it difficult for this committee to investigate it properly and report back with credible recommendations.