I have pledged to try to finish this inquiry by the end of the year, ... However, if we continue to revisit this issue over and over again, the Committee may be delayed in completing its important work.

We have no precedent to follow on the involvement of the independent counsel in our proceedings. However, it seems both useful and instructive that we should hear from him since he is the person most familiar with the complicated matters the House has directed us to review.

Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going without me.

However, a reasonable March cannot mask the poor start to the year, and 2006 will continue to be a challenge for the industry as we fight for every sale.

They come at you from start to finish. We expected that, and we knew if we wanted to continue the streak, we had to keep playing, take that first blow and keep competing to get the win.

I believe they are going to finish this, ... We are confident that they will complete this process and continue on the path toward elections for a permanent government at the end of the year.