It doesn't seem to matter that this country is swimming in grossly overbuilt retail space. Retailers have become bolder with their requests [for public money].

We'd like to think we have a rule of law and not a rule of special interests in this country.

Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.

If you take out New York City, New York State's economy is right down there with Mississippi and Louisiana. We need more reinvestment in people not corporate investment disguised as redevelopment.

If you don't evaluate your programs, you can't make smart decisions. You're just throwing money at an issue without any clue whether you're getting any bang for your buck.

There have been no claims from anybody in those states that anybody got harmed.