[People along the South Carolina coast] have forgotten the impact that a storm like this could have, ... And I would beg of them to move inland, because this looks like real trouble.

I would say that it's always the economy. People always vote their pocketbooks and if they're hurting they're going to want a change ... If present trends hold with interest rates ticking up and the amount of variable rate debt that's out there on the home mortgage side ... yeah, I think it has some very negative political consequences.

Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss.

Billy Hill I've known since freshman year in Congress,

I've known him for years, ... We hunt together. He's become a very close personal friend.

This is a serious storm that's got the potential to do a lot of damage and put lives in jeopardy if we don't take it seriously.