and he was worried about its impact on the energy sector.

You can probably still see the steam coming out of my ears.

If confirmed as secretary of Commerce, my mission will be to create a place where ideas and energy can thrive.

I am proud to accept your challenge, and if confirmed will work to uphold your high standards,

Church members generally are not geared that way. If things got really out of hand, they might demand some explanations, but generally the members of the church would view it as an isolated incident. You know, forgive and forget.

I'm confident when all is said and done, we will prevail

In all of the debates there will be an opportunity for a very free-flowing, substantive, real and genuine discussion of the issues.

I'm not scared here, ... I feel very safe here, quite frankly. And I'll tell you what else -- the people of Iraq are not scared.

it looks unlikely he'll get the full plan inside the budget resolution process, but...we can request additional tax cuts outside the budget resolution process.

The whole business is exacerbated by the flu. There is definitely the possibility for us to close again.