I did not utter one partisan word in that committee. |
I don't believe that these profits that are being generated are being done without some kind of manipulation, |
I don't have all the answers. I need your help, your guidance, and your leadership to tackle the challenges before us. |
I know it is politically easy and popular to send money back to the taxpayers - but our schools need support, our teachers need raises, and our kids need health care, ... Unless I can be assured that these tax measures do not threaten other critical programs, I cannot support them. |
I need full authority. I don't care what is holding it up. We just need to get it done -- this is for the national interest. I'm just stating a fact. It's not authorized, |
I never tried to embellish this. I never tried to mask it. |
I strongly believe that we made progress in our discussions in North Korea on the diplomatic front, on the nuclear front, on the humanitarian front, |
I support the decision of the Justice Department that leads us to hopefully recover whatever happened to those tapes. |
I support the offshore oil and gas leasing moratoriums that the Bush Administration has continued off coastal states including California and Florida. Now I want to ask the coastal states, the Bush Administration, and Congress to support leasing moratoriums for some ecologically sensitive onshore areas, as well. |
I talked with some of his teammates and classmates. They were naturally solemn, but I'm happy to say that generally they seemed to be doing pretty well. They're a tough bunch of kids. |
I think it is important that we get a favorable vote. I think it is doable. If we don't ... get approval, and we do go, we're going to lose some international prestige. |
I think it is needed. It's $5.15. |
I think it's unfair to blame President Bush here, ... What I would blame is the bureaucratic red tape throughout the system that is out of control with little credibility and way too turf-conscience. Rather than point fingers in blame, the state and the federal governments need to develop a new emergency system. |
I urged them in the strongest possible terms to shut down the reactor during the six-party talks as a sign of good faith, |
I want to find ways that we can do something about low income energy assistance ... how to improve transportation of home heating oil to the areas most in need, how to make sure the Coast Guard can get some of this (oil-carrying) vessel traffic through to New England, |