We are about to enter the Roberts era on the Supreme Court, |
We are the largest magnet for this level of talent in the world. |
We can't do much about ensuring that the homeland is safe if our local police and sheriffs' departments don't have the personnel they need to keep our streets and neighborhoods secure. |
We do not want to end the Patriot Act. We want to mend the Patriot Act. |
We have lost over 2,000 of our best and bravest. Over 15,000 have been seriously wounded, ... We are spending more than $6 billion a month, with no end in sight. And this Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee refuses to even ask the hard questions about the misinformation and disinformation given to the American people, and the efforts made by the members of this administration to cover it up. |
We need to be sure this institution is in the mainstream of American thinking. What we need to do is ask the obvious questions. |
We need to know as much as we can and as much as he will tell us about his values and beliefs, |
Wesley Clark's name never came up once, but [Kerry] mentioned his interest in Dick Durbin several times. He made it clear that Durbin is very much on his list. |
What the president has been saying for the last few weeks is unacceptable: `You have to be quiet and you have to be loyal and otherwise you undercut our troops,' ... The best thing we can do for our troops is get a strategy for success, so they can come home with a victory. |
When his party turned on him, he was in trouble and she was in trouble. |
When they came to us five or 10 years ago, no one could ever have dreamed within days of the completion of this building, they would have made this historic decision, |
When will this bridge be completed ... we don't know, ... But we have to take this step to make sure we are moving in that direction quickly. |
Whenever we asked Judge Roberts basic questions about his moral compass and his life experience, he declined to answer. |
Where eight years ago the want ads were empty and the welfare lines were long, we now have 22 million new jobs in our nation, ... Where eight years ago stagnation was crippling our economy, we now stand strong. |
Whether we're talking about Red Cross, or Second Harvest, Salvation Army or other groups, this is direct assistance right to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We need to do our part at the government level, but this dramatic outpouring of support across the country to the Red Cross and other agencies, is money well spent. It's money that really is effectively cutting across a lot of red tape and helping people, |