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

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.

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.

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.

It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States.

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

I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream.