The budget proposal goes against what the public wants and what Congress wants. Last year, folks on the Hill and the public were very supportive. We're working toward getting the same outcome this year. That's really our only option.

I've been working on my starts because, usually, I'm like the last one off the blocks.

Basically, what we're seeing here is that the administration is laying the foundation for the elimination of all federal funding for public broadcasting indefinitely.

Subsidies were instituted that are now being used to pay telephone bills. That strikes me as something that Congress certainly did not have in mind when it passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

[Bush and members of Congress on Tuesday promised at least three investigations into the sluggish response to the storm. The president said he would lead an inquiry into] what went right and what went wrong. ... I don't think the government should be investigating itself.

The biggest threat to our recovery is for the Congress to overspend, ... We have the funds to meet our obligations, so long as they resist the temptation to spend.