I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.

You can't make a representation and then claim you didn't make it. You know, it just shouldn't work that way.

I don't think the American people want unilateral government control over the entire health-care system.

I have never been opposed to earmarks.

I don't rule out anything in my future.

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.

Social Security was always supposed to be basically, in theory, an insurance program where you pay in and then you get out.