You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

I do not think there should be a limit on the rig's liability, because they are sitting on top of unlimited amounts of oil, and thus, there could be an explosion occur that could do untold damage. ... The amount of damage that an offshore oil rig can do is infinite.

I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns (with exceptions for law enforcement and licensed target clubs)... . It is time to act. We cannot go on like this. Ban them!

You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.