It is my hope that we don't get side-tracked by the right wing into a debate over a phony constitutional amendment, ... I strongly oppose such an effort as purely political and unnecessarily divisive at the expense of those who already suffer from discrimination. |
It is only their insistence on tax cuts for the wealthy, to be funded by Medicare cuts or changes in the CPI, that we don't have a budget, |
It is our view and we believe it's the view of the American people that this investigation be done as quickly as humanly possible, ... Given this will ... the choice is clear. We can resolve on a bipartisan effort to do the work that needs to be done in the next 30 days in the House or we might face two years of ongoing hearings. |
It is significant when you have a president at a 65 percent rating. That is unusual, ... I think some of it is related to 9/11 and the people's reactions -- the people's desire to be united with the president in fighting against these issues, in trying to solve these issues. |
It was a mistake. . . . I was wrong, |
It's a worrisome fact, and we need to look into it and find out what really went on. |
It's an outrage to the senior citizens and the people of the United States, ... We will not rest until we get that benefit in law. |
It's one thing to talk the talk, it's another thing to walk the walk, ... We've got to get labor and environment in these treaties, and we've got to do it when the treaties are before the Congress. That's when it counts. |
It's wrong, deeply wrong to excuse or rationalize the uncertain gain to come from tolerating the systematic denial of political and economic rights, |
Let's say somebody lost an arm or died as a result of mistreatment in the system, as the result of a medical decision made by an HMO. You want the person to be able to go to court to be able to get damages for that mistreatment, |
Like father, like son, four years and this president is done. |
lost control of Congress in 1994, and lost four more times since then. ... We can't afford another losing national campaign against George W. Bush and the Republicans. |
making progress in Iraq. |
Maybe more than one. |
Members understand the importance of what is being done here and they want to do it right, |