The vast majority of recent comments by ECB officials showed a true reluctance to intervene,

No one should be afraid of more sunshine -- that's what this bill is about. That is something the majority of legislators have voted for and something a very broad coalition has backed, and we believe the Commerce Department does not want to stand in the way of that.

We are the majority -- have been the majority for the last four years, thanks to my friend Newt Gingrich ... But the problem is we are losing momentum. And what we don't want to do is be a minority party in two years and my speaker's race was integral to our keeping the majority party.

that in the vast majority of hurricanes, other than those in Florida in 2004, complaints are rife that FEMA has vastly underpaid hurricane victims. The Frances overpayments are questionable given the timing of the election and Florida's importance as a battleground state.

The majority party is going to take the position that the Governor can't put her ideas in the hands of the clerk of the House and Senate and the hands of each one of us. That's wrong.

[With all of its hassles and aggravations, the job of majority leader can be frustrating.] You have members saying, don't have this vote before 4 p.m. and others saying don't have it after 3 p.m., ... Then if you cancel the vote altogether, the opposition jumps up and says, 'Why aren't you doing anything?'