There is no entity in the world that controls our lives more than the Federal Reserve System

I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words.

They say you can never step in the same river twice. New water flows in, replacing the old and continually renewing the river. The Senate is the same.

We all know if we change the bill, it's gone.

So people have been hurting, and I understand that, and it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them, you know, but for me we'd be in a worldwide depression.

Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country, Americans of all political persuasions simply want the United States to succeed and our troops to be as safe as possible.

My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway. In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true.