Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.

I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.

Make the choice to do something because it engages your heart as well as your mind. Make the choice because it engages all of you.

We need a different kind of leadership in the White House that understands how to get bureaucracies competent again.

I have done business in China for 25 years, so I know that in order to get China to cooperate with us, we must first actually retaliate against their cyber-attacks so they know we're serious. We have to push back on their desire to control the trade route through the South China Sea through which flows $5 trillion worth of goods and services every year.

I'm quoting Margaret Thatcher. I quote her frequently.

Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.