They could be sitting on a giant radioactive sponge.

He was like a sponge.

Companies are suddenly deciding to report these discharges more openly now because they've got their covers pulled off; spills have gotten into people's yards.

I didn't want to sit around anymore. I don't want to just be sitting around. I'd like to be on the field somehow.

The Sept. 11 period really was an aberration - hurricane Katrina has reawakened the sleeping giant, and I believe we'll now see a return to the Watergate era of hard-hitting reporting in the United States.

It's something that comes up year after year. It's always one of the most radioactive things legislators can do because it's such a tough vote.