An abstinence-until-marriage program is not only irresponsible. It's really inhumane . |
ending war profiteering by US companies that receive no-bid contracts. |
Even Republicans with whom I disagree ideologically have told me that even though they really disagree with my vote they at least know that I believe in something. Many very conservative members have been quite respectful. I think that they all are struggling through this. This was not any vote I cast to demonstrate any hostility toward any person or party or the Administration. |
I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States. |
I think that there's going to be a rush to judgment on civil liberties, and a clamping down, a suspension of our democratic rights. And I believe that those who are good Americans would want to see this not happen and that we debate how to find a balance between the public safety and the protection of civil liberties. |
I thought, 'Wait a minute. This is the America I know. This is the America that each and every member of the Congressional Black Caucus knows all too well.' |
I told Mr. Nader today that a vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush. |
I was taken aback when reporters and others watching this tragedy were saying: 'This is not America,' |
I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war. |
In the beginning, the annual operating budget was less than $20,000, and today it is $2.5 million. When it started, there were a handful of part-time scientists. Now there are 21 full-time people and six scientists, and there are more than 100 collaborators here and throughout the world. |
It's a gated community, it's private property, it's private streets. The association just didn't want the media here. |
Like the nation, I'm grieving and searching, in mourning, angry, trying to sort through all my feelings. I think everyone is doing that. |
Oh, it was a disaster, ... It went down like a lead balloon. I don't know why. I had thought the women in the audience deserved a little bit of something else after watching all those beautiful women. But I think they were shocked. Although the guys did dance nicely. |
People don't realize how much has been annexed. |
Secretary of State Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of this problem-economic, diplomatic, legal and political, as well as military. A rush to launch precipitous military counterattacks runs too great a risk that more innocent men, women, children will be killed. I could not vote for a resolution that I believe could lead to such an outcome. |