"This is the first time that we've been completely stumped about possible single-source infection."

"This is the first time that we've been completely stumped about possible single-source infection."
Peter Cordingley
Spokesman for the West Pacific region of the World Health Organization, describing the infections of six Indonesian family members from bird flu as "the mother of all clusters."
"I will not give up a committee assignment that is so vital to New Orleans at this crucial time for any uncertain, long-term political strategy. If asked, I would respectfully decline."
Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.
When fellow Democrats said he is no longer welcome on the House's most prestigious committee, the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in the aftermath of FBI claims that the congressman took bribes.