I get exhilarated when I do the floor. I feel a rush. I go out there, and I own it. For a minute and 30 seconds, this event is mine. If you do that, you're entertaining - that's how I look at it.

I'm so sick of just saying I qualified for state. I want to be up there. I'm excited for district. I really want to pull out all the skills I've been working on.

There can be only one explanation for this rush to markup and then to the floor, and it is the desire of the Republican leadership of the House to use the hardships and devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to push various parts of their agenda, ... But poorly thought out and poorly vetted efforts to pass industrial and ideological wish lists are not the way to respond to the actual energy issues raised by Katrina.

There can be only one explanation for this rush to markup and then to the floor, and it is the desire of the Republican leadership of the House to use the hardships and devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to push various parts of their agenda. But poorly thought out and poorly vetted efforts to pass industrial and ideological wish lists are not the way to respond to the actual energy issues raised by Katrina.

Andre is our motor. I feel naked when he's not on the floor.

It's a rush. When they say, 'Down, set, hut!' you feel it inside. You know something's going to happen and you just go out and do it. It's fun to win. It's fun to have a great play when you catch the ball, run down the field and score. And you're out there with your friends while you're doing it.