Target prices? How that works? I know quite a bit about farm policy. I come from Indiana, which is a farm state. Deficiency payments - which are the key - that is what gets money into the farmer's hands. We got loan, uh, rates, we got target, uh, prices, uh, I have worked very closely with my senior colleague, (Indiana Sen.) Richard Lugar, making sure that the farmers of Indiana are taken care of.

Information technology has brought people much closer together than ever before, providing a democratizing and mostly stabilizing influence.

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.

I've heard people say that [I have a short attention span]. I don't feel I do, because when I'm interested in something I'll stay in focus as long as it is necessary... If you get off on something I'm not very interested in, it's very easy for me to block it out. It's easy for me to block things out.

We need to remember that trade is a great peacemaker that enriches people and increases international understanding and ties between nations.

I would guess that there's adequate low-income housing in the country.

No, I had no problem communicating with Latin American heads of state - though now I do wish I had paid more attention to Latin when I was in high school.