I'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them.

I think recent revelations about who's in what bed speak to the problems with what happened in the Gulf.

Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.

I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area.

I'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them.