The combination of lax security and deadly chemicals is a toxic mix. Illinois has more facilities that store extremely hazardous material than any other state, with over 100,000 pounds of hazardous substance stored in over 600 facilities. |
The credibility of the president is on the line. And I believe that he should move forward as quickly as possible to call for a full investigation. We should be able to point to those people fully responsible for putting that misleading language in the State of the Union address. They should be held accountable, and they should be dismissed. |
the greatest moral tragedy of our time. |
The illegal trafficking in prescription medications constitutes a particularly troublesome aspect of the substance abuse problem in America. |
The president and the vice president must be held accountable. Accountable for misleading the American people, accountable for the disclosure of classified material for political purposes. It is as serious as it gets in this democracy. |
the president's call for blind loyalty to his policies in Iraq. |
The United States Senate learned very little from Littleton, Colorado ... We defeated a sensible amendment that would have at least had a background check at gun shows. |
The VA cannot correct its errors by taking money away from veterans who depend on that income. |
There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights. |
There was a one-third increase in federal funds over the next five years coming back to Illinois, ... That doesn't happen very often. |
There's more candor this time around, which helps, but I'm still looking at some of the basic questions, |
They faced the possibility that Congress would have told them in a matter of days not to do this. |
This amendment ensures that any funds received by the owners of Evergreen Terrace will be used for the benefit of the residents, and it creates a system of accountability that makes sure that, at the end of the day, the tenants are the top priority. |
This is the height of fiscal irresponsibility, ... I can just see these poor, homeless people sitting in the Houston Astrodome saying, 'Thank God, I don't have to pay some death tax.' |
This is the type of thing you would expect from a repressive regime, ... This is not the type of thing you would expect from the United States. If I read this to you and did not tell you that is was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime - Pol Pot or others - that have no concern for human beings. |