For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children

We're hoping for the best, but we need to prepare for the worst.

The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations.

I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for the most part, Democrat and Republican, respected that.

Fewer and fewer people are paying larger and larger percentage of the tax burden, as you know, almost half the people pay no income taxes at all. We're going to have more people in the wagon than we got pulling the wagon before long and that's not going to work. Those jobless numbers, you know, go hand-in-hand with those tax numbers.

But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid.

But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now.