I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding executives, and a lot of companies that are doing a good job, and those are good companies to invest in.

But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.

ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.

Jim mentioned I was an ALEC member, and that's correct.

My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.

I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.

I still happen to think the United States is the greatest place in the world to invest.