We should be looking at this from a surgical point of view. A lot of people who think they would like to repeal the estate tax should put it in the context of fiscal policy. We'll have a huge hole in the federal treasury.

We are concerned whose side you are on.

It's not a 1 percent cut,

Clearly, as far as Maryland politics are concerned, the gubernatorial election is a competitive election, ... All of us are looking at that and seeing what our strongest candidate would be.

It's a real enjoyment to represent you; I'm the one who should be saying thank you to you for giving me the opportunity to serve in the Congress.

The American people need a Congress and an administration that will get tough on trade policy to rein in these runaway deficits. When you look at trade deficits in the context of growing foreign ownership of our national debt, you see that we're increasingly beholden to the very countries whose markets we'd like to open to American goods. Unless we reverse this dangerous trend, we'll soon find ourselves without negotiating leverage to promote our trade agenda.