[Fueling momentum for the legislation has been a feeling that Palmeiro's suspension was an affront to Congress. Appearing before a House committee in March, the Orioles slugger swore under oath he had never used steroids.] He got the confidence of all of us, ... We thought he was a stand-up guy. |
[Other Democrats agreed.] To the President of the United States, I simply say that God cannot be pleased with our response, ... We cannot allow it to be said that the difference between those who lived and those who died in this great storm and flood of 2005 was nothing more than poverty, age or skin colour. |
[Two members who have seen the records, Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Elijah Cummings, D-Md., say they think perjury charges against Palmeiro are unlikely.] It will be very difficult to prove, ... even further. |
a distinguished leader who championed the rights of all Americans. |
He made it clear he's going to stay in the race. It became abundantly clear to us that this is about Ralph Nader, and we were sorely disappointed. |
I had expected an expression of regret or apology from Congressman Watt in the subsequent days after he had cooled down, |
I heard him say that. I remember that a number of people got kind of upset and kind of just drifted off, out. |
I'm very concerned and very upset that anybody who would issue such a statement would be in the leadership of this nation or the Senate, ... We are still trying to resolve exactly what action we will take, but guarantee, action will be taken. |
If I'm a regular citizen and I'm looking at this and I've got the top flight people in the drug war and they're talking about they don't know how many planes have been shot down and forced down, I'd be a little concerned about what's going on. |
It reached the point where the answers didn't add up. |
It seems as if there are some police who believe that it is their job to not only arrest, but to convict and punish severely, unreasonably and unjustly at the scene of arrest defendants and suspects. |
Many of these Americans who are struggling to survive are Americans of color, ... Their cries for assistance confront America with a test of our moral compass as a nation. |
Many of these Americans who now are struggling to survive are Americans of color. We cannot allow it to be said by history that the difference between those who lived and those who died in the great storm and flood of 2005 was nothing more than poverty, age or skin color. |
Men, women and children, our fellow countrymen have now gone days - days - without food and far too long without clean water and medical attention. They are surrounded by flood waters littered with dead bodies and human feces. To the president of the United States, I simply say that God cannot be pleased with our response. |
Most of us are trying to set some kind of decent example for kids, ... What kind of message is that sending? |