During this past year, passenger complaints were up 75 percent. In the first four months (of this year), they are up 115 percent over last year. |
Everything that he's done is just the opposite of what he has said. |
For five years, the Bush administration has failed to secure America's borders and enforce our laws. A photo-op crackdown by its Homeland Security Agency to prove a political point won't erase its failed record. |
I believe it is essential that we hold both the intelligence agencies and senior policy-makers accountable. |
I can't imagine that we could have a sea of 11,000 mobile homes sitting there, rotting, while people around the country can't find a place to live. |
I have reluctantly concluded that this nominee has not satisfied the high burden that would justify my voting for his confirmation based on the current record. |
I look forward to consulting with the president on the O'Connor seat. Justice O'Connor has been a voice of moderation and reason on the court and should be replaced by someone who, like her, embodies the fundamental American values of fairness, liberty and equality. |
I must resolve my doubts in favor of the American people whose rights would be in jeopardy if John Roberts turns out to be the wrong person for the job. |
If he were actually committed to comprehensive immigration reform, he would have stopped his own party from filibustering it twice last week. |
It's almost Orwellian: Everything that he's done is just the opposite of what he has said. |
Mr. President, liberty and security are not contradictory. |
President Bush must accept that he has to change course, reject the notion of an open-ended commitment in Iraq, and finally develop the plan that allows our troops to begin to come home. |
Since 9/11, we have spent only $500 million to secure our mass transit system. That's a sum we spend every three days in Iraq. |
The one question I ask throughout all this: Where is President Bush? On an issue which is this important, I haven't seen his congressional liaison working the halls. I haven't seen them here. |
The Republican abuse of power comes at great cost to our country, and we can see it in the present state of our union. Special interests and the well-connected have grown stronger, while our national security, our economy, our health care and our government have grown weaker. |