I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.

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.

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.

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.

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together.

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.

Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds.Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us.