The debate going on between us is really a debate about whether we want to take the Democratic Party back to where it was before Bill Clinton transformed it in 1992, or whether we want to take it forward, |
The economists may think it looks like the beginning of a recovery, but until middle-class Americans and those working hard to get into the middle class get their jobs back -- the 3.5 million that they lost under George Bush -- then we don't have an economic recovery, |
The facts are that George Bush hasn't fully funded homeland security and has alienated our allies around the world. This is a cynical attempt to rescue the president's sinking poll numbers by using fear and politicizing our national security. |
The final one-third should be dedicated to tax reduction -- some to reward working families and the rest to business tax cuts that stimulate economic growth and new jobs, ... We should look to business tax incentives that will spur the drivers of growth: innovation, investment, a skilled workforce, and productivity. |
The flood of announcements from the major oil companies of yet another reminder that Connecticut consumers are being overwhelmed by massive increases in the costs of heating their homes and driving their cars. They need precisely the kind of relief that the legislation I introduced in December would provide — a payment to each low-income and middle-class household and taxpayer, funded by a one-time windfall profits tax, to help them pay for the staggering increases in energy costs from last winter to this one. |
The greatness, the strength of this country, is in its diversity. What we're seeing is an extraordinary rise in the Hispanic community, not just in numbers but in contributions made to our culture, security, and economy, |
The greatness, the strength of this country, is in its diversity. What we're seeing is an extraordinary rise in the Hispanic community, not just in numbers but in contributions made to our culture, security, and economy, |
The Iraqi people are in reach of a watershed transformation from the primitive, killing tyranny of Saddam to modern, self-governing, self-securing nationhood ? unless the great American military that has given them and us this unexpected opportunity is prematurely withdrawn. |
the lion's share of new games coming on the market contain little if any violence. |
The nightmare that we all have is that, God forbid, there's a terrorist attack of some kind on a major American city that requires evacuation without warning, |
The problem isn't explaining the tax cut plan. The problem is the plan itself, ... gives the most to those who need it least and the least to those who need it most. |
the punishment he deserves. |
The question is, whether through tricks and pressure, that they're going to try to filibuster this to a defeat, ... I hope not. There's too much on the line for our democracy. |
The question we pose to the White House today is: 'Do you really want to allow this commission to be created? And if you don't, why not?' |
The vote for president is essentially ending in a tie, ... That puts a special burden not just on Gov. Bush, but on all of us in Congress to work on a bipartisan basis and in a cooperative spirit. |