If you go that route … we may be talking May or June before we finish this trial, … Meet The Press.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

And there’s a danger in this bill that you’re going to do great damage to a wonderful program.

I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.

Is there a White House Syrian group, for instance, that’s meeting? Are we planning some action in Syria that we ought to be aware of in this committee?- Are we considering military action against Syria?,

For three decades, Democrats and Republicans worked together to make our environment better.

[Democrats could not praise their newfound ally enough.] I want to tell my colleague from Ohio what a privilege it is to serve with him, … Probably our saying something nice about him puts him...

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.

Earth Day is an occasion to reflect on what we can do to make our fragile world a cleaner, healthier, safer place to live.

It cannot bring back and make whole those who suffered and died by a racist’s criminal hand. But it can at least reaffirm our nation’s commitment to seek the truth and make equal justice a...

Twenty-three months ago, our nation was thrown into turmoil because we learned a painful reality — that our democracy did not work as well as it should. … The legislation we present to the Congress...

Yes, it is a new world. And I think it is a better world.

However, OMB has not yet set a target date for validated and tested contingency plans,

The message that we send in the next 48 to 72 hours out of this Congress on this issue — I think it would have a huge effect on the outcome of this conflict.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

I think you’re going to have an awfully difficult time with Mr. Bolton building the kind of support the United States needs today at the United Nations,

Harold, of course, is a person who doesn’t express himself as clearly as you might like. He’s sort of vague from time to time about how he feels about things. There’s a shyness to him...

I don’t care what the public wants, I’m going to give it what it needs!

This will be the first U.N. ambassador since 1948 that we’ve ever sent there under a recess appointment,

We stand completely and totally behind our president. We may have our differences from time to time, but on a day like this, which rivals or not exceeds the attack on Pearl Harbor, we stand...

This ought not to be a controversial proposal,

Rumsfeld is violating the law, … It’s been sitting on the books for over a year. They were opposed to it. It was insulting to them. I’m sorry that’s how they felt.

I am confident that we are going to have a bill. I think we’re there.

It’s time to renew our commitment to the world around us.

Throwing worn-out wallpaper on a cracked foundation just doesn’t work. The Bush administration proposal amounts to nothing more than that. Don’t solve the problem, just end up with more rhetoric. We need a fundamental change...

If Tom Daschle or another Democratic leader were to have made similar statements, the reaction would have been very swift, … I don’t think several hours would have gone by without there being an almost...

As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

What you ought to do is prepare for a good storm, a hurricane, a storm where you’d like two or three days of … water and canned goods and the like, … Face The Nation.

acted as she had to.

Looking at large parts of it, you don?t know how they?re going to rebuild it.

You make the comparison, do you want two or three years out of Sandra Day O’Connor, or 25 years out of this? … Based on what we know, the choice looks pretty good – keep...

It’s vital that we help them get the right start, nurture their development and provide for their well-being.

Consumers all across the country, I don’t care where you live, are irate about this, … If it were not for Katrina and people being terribly upset about the mismanagement of that disaster, this would...

not yet arrived at a product that we can present to this body that is a bipartisan proposal.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

we are very, very worried about what happens in the rural or urban situations.

tie up three branches of government for the next four months.

Some of the lowest-paid workers in this nation are people that we ask to watch the next generation of Americans. We do a better job insisting that your pets are cared for in this country...

I’m so proud of our students here in Connecticut and obviously President Clinton was impressed too since he’s agreed to thank the students in person for their tremendous efforts to help the people affected by...

Rosa Parks is not just a national hero, she is the embodiment of our social and human conscience and the spark that lit the flame of liberty and equality for African Americans and minority groups...

Our nation’s children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure.

This ought not to be a partisan issue. Democrats and Republicans ought to be able to find common ground on seeing to it that we have accessible, affordable and quality child for every needy child...

He would do himself, and I think the country, a favor by withdrawing.

It’s easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn’t magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

I’m hopeful this measure will help bring to justice people who perpetrated heinous crimes because of racial hatred,

We need to do something about antiquated voting machines, ballots that confuse rather than clarify, and overcrowded polling places.

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

When the public’s right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.

What did the vice president know, what were his intentions?