Many of us of have said from the beginning that we have not seen any intelligence information that would give us any conclusive evidence to suggest the threat was imminent, ... I think this public report now bears that conclusion out. |
merely replacing Secretary O'Neill and Lindsey is not a solution. With our economy stalling, unemployment rising and confidence suffering, it is clear that we need more than new faces. We need a new plan to stimulate our economy now. |
My leadership allows me to get a lot done for my home state. |
No, I'm not interested in vice president or the cabinet. |
Obviously we are trying to avoid even the perception of partisanship, ... Face the Nation. |
Obviously, given the level of his dissatisfaction, you would think they would have picked up on it and maybe done something constructive with it, |
Obviously, so much can happen between now and then. But you'd have to assume the presumptive nominee would be whoever lost this election, ... I can't imagine anyone else having a better claim at this stage. |
Of course these days -- with modern medicine -- everything could be revived, and I suppose there is always that chance. But it is looking deader and deader, |
OK, we'll take the first step. This is as crucial as it gets. |
On September 14th, we voted unanimously to send our troops into action against the perpetrators of the cowardly and heinous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. That was our constitutional duty, and it is one that none of us takes lightly, |
One of the responsibilities of his job is to increase the confidence in this country about the importance that our country is placing on homeland security, that we understand its complexities and the difficult challenges we face, ... But if he can't be an advocate before Congress, it's hard for me to understand how he can be an advocate before the country. |
Our bill is a real plan, theirs is a placebo, |
Our expectation is that we can do it together, our hope is that we can do it together, Republicans and Democrats, we have questions, we have some issues that we want to raise with the administration about the resolution and the wording, but that is to be expected, |
Our first challenge is to strengthen the economy, the right way, |
Our goal is to make sure that it's done within the context of fiscal responsibility. We've got to recognize that we didn't get here by accident, |