I intend to watch this unfolding story closely and to hold oversight hearings when appropriate.

I'm not going to get into finger pointing now. I did call for oversight hearings — I wouldn't have done that if I weren't concerned. We've got to do better.

Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this.

Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, let's use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.

Small business in America is booming. The job creator in America, small business, is absolutely moving ahead.

Hurricane Katrina exposed the harsh reality that we have been skating on thin ice when it comes to this country's energy concentrations on the Gulf Coast.