"Short of having somebody in authority sit down and say,' OK, we will work out a reasonable compromise,' I do not see any point in prolonging the agony. I do not see how we have any choice but to go to the president's numbers on appropriations to make clear that we are not going to link the war with token funding on the domestic side."
"There is a time to stay and a time to go. And this is my time to go. I think, frankly, that my district is ready for someone new to make a fresh start."