We will miss him greatly as we approach the first general election to utilize the new voting machines which he worked so hard to implement.

He was a good solid citizen of Rutland Town. I knew all of the family and they're good people.

It is a Medicare prescription drug program, a benefit and an entitlement inside Medicare. It will be voluntary, and it will be universal. That is, it is the government's responsibility to make sure that every senior in the United States gets the ability to avail themselves of this program, period.

It's certainly not an instantaneous process. The rate at which petroleum is forming is not going to be the solution to our petroleum supplies.

If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts.

I think it's great. It's a good idea because a lot of people get stranded out on the street and they need help. A lot of people don't know anybody.

It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.

He was very bright and talented. What he did was learn his craft well. As he said, you can't be stupid and get eight gold records in the music market. ... He studied what he needed to do as a legislator. But he also had wonderful timing, and he was just naturally a humorous person, and when you combine that and the timing he learned from the entertainment industry, he was just a knockout.

Even some of the dinosaurs may have gotten involved in some of this. I think it would be quite rare and a very small and insignificant contribution.