We were told by the president that we had no alternative but to go into Iraq because of the threat that Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction posed, but to date, these weapons have not been found.

He now serves as a member of the Committee taking on the role of Chairmanship at the Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation. On August 2 2007 the vote for reauthorization passed legislation by a strong bipartisan vote (68-31). The amendment was rejected 15 to 8 with five Democrats (Baucus Kent Conrad Blanche Lincoln Tom Carper Bill Nelson) and all Republicans voting no.

Rockefeller he is the only currently serving politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefeller family and the only Democrat in what has been a traditionally Republican dynasty. Rockefeller was later elected West Virginia Secretary of State in 1968 and was president of West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1973 to 1976.