There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority.

And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health care and education. And those are two areas that the federal government can play a very important role. And I think I can be effective in trying to help our state from the Washington scene.

Congress should not be like the Super Bowl where you have to have one team that's going to win and another team that's going to be a loser.

I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders and the president to try and come up with something that we can all be proud of.

Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl, where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser.

I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part.

Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together.