On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.

It's not controversial to say that human activity is contributing in some way. The question is how serious that is.

I'm tired of hyphenated Americans.

We want to rescue the American dream.

Anybody who spends time off of Louisiana's shores can recognize that these oysters are not endangered. To classify them as such risks great harm to not only fishermen who make their living collecting oysters in the Gulf, but also to Louisiana's economy in total.

India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for both countries.

We don't measure our people's success in how they're doing in government. We measure how they are doing in the real world and the private sector economy.