The Navy will need congressional and administration leadership in finding creative solutions for the submarine program, or the current course will continue.

Because of my service in the congressional leadership for the last 10 years,

Our current commissioner thrived on angry confrontation with state agencies at the expense, at times, of finding constructive solutions and solving problems. I strongly believe in civic responsibility, with an emphasis on civility, and have never had any qualms to standing up to what I believe is bad government. I had to do so in my own life in the past with the U.S. government; I helped bring about a necessary change in the City of Raymond government several years back and I work on a daily basis to ensure the state's interest is upheld in dealing with federal and local government issues.

We have sort of a submarine program, we are not getting the limelight. But in the long run, it will be very interesting to see who comes out ahead.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

In Yellow Submarine, we used chains that were there and all sorts of bowls and things. And of course, we used bowls of water too. And bottles with straws, blowing them into the water, to get the effect of submarines surfacing, that kind of thing. It was nice to do because it, we were all being very inventive. And it was fun, it was like a party almost.