very curious, given this has been under way now for this long. |
Veterans of the Vietnam War have waited over 20 years for a meaningful response to the complex issues surrounding their hidden wounds. I can only hope that if veterans of the war with Iraq suffer their own hidden wounds, they will not have to endure that same fate. |
wanted to veto the defense bill, go ahead. |
wasn't conclusive, but it was helpful. |
We are asking the President to nominate a new SEC chairman ... someone who understands the importance of avoiding even the appearance of conflict of interest ... especially now, with confidence in the market still so fragile, |
We are awed by their sacrifice and their bravery, and we want them and their families to know that they have the profound respect and gratitude of every American, |
We are dismayed and we are angered at the news of WorldCom today, |
We are going to have to keep the effort to find some mutual agreement at a later date. We're not going to do that today, ... We certainly have to work to extend unemployment benefits. |
We are here in complete unity with our New York and New Jersey friends, ... We support you, and we're here to continue to provide that support whatever it may mean. That support will be here for whatever length of time it takes. |
We are interested in keeping the focus on Iraq, not on other countries in the region that may also pose a threat or a concern to the United States, and I think that is one of the issues we want to raise with the administration as we continue our discussions, |
We aren't comfortable coercing somebody to speak, ... But when you have somebody this important and when you have the issue as critical as it is for all of this country at stake, there shouldn't be any question about his willingness to come before the committees. |
We can't afford to wait, ... We must restore integrity to our investment and pension systems and strengthen government oversight of them. We cannot allow what happened to Enron employees happen to the rest of America. |
We can't go back to deficit spending, |
We didn't involve ourselves in their proceedings and it's very disturbing that they now seem to be intent on involving themselves in ours, |
We don't know what effect this will have yet. We do know that it poses some serious questions regarding our relationship with our allies, with Russia and with China, that we're going to have to consider very, very carefully, |