The key to sustained growth and rising standards of living will be the ability of developing countries to create vital export industries to compete in a free and open global marketplace. We should help these...

Toughness doesn’t have to come in a pinstripe suit.

I don’t really know what I’m going to do, … What kind of a justice would you be, John Roberts?

[California’s two senators, both Democrats, reflected the competing sentiments. Sen. Barbara Boxer ( news , bio , voting record ) said she believed the nomination was] aimed at appeasing the most right-wing elements of the...

This recall is turning around. People are beginning to see how unfair it is, and how harmful it is to California’s economy and to our people. And in recent days serious allegations have surfaced with...

No Child Left Behind’ requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.

I began to think, if I vote for him, and he goes the other way, and it was a situation where women would die, I’d never forgive myself.

Rogue internet pharmacies continue to pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Americans. Simply put, a few unethical physicians and pharmacists have become drug suppliers to a nation.

I thought he should go very public with it, that I thought he should step forward and say whatever it was they had between them, … Yes.

It was different then’, … ‘I was an advocate seeking a job, a political job and that was 1985’.

In view of the 5,000 ‘air rage’ incidents each year,

The distrust is enormous. I hope somebody out there is listening who controls these prices.

I don’t think in the last couple of decades there has been a Supreme Court appointment that could more tip the balance of the court, … That’s how mega this vote is.

I remember, because many of the young women here don’t, what it was like when abortion was illegal, … As a college student, I watched the passing of the plate to collect money so young...

Is that your argument ? to have no bill at all?

A major breach in these levees could imperil hundreds of thousands of people and endanger most of the state’s water supply, … As we have seen in New Orleans, it would be a dramatic mistake...

The credibility of the Administration was already shattered last year when we learned that higher cost estimates of the Medicare drug plan were withheld. But this new information further demonstrates what appears to be an...

you were very full and forward-speaking. And then after lunch, it was as if you shut down and became very cautious. So my first question: Did anybody caution you between the morning and the afternoon...

Mexico has never cooperated on enforcing their border. Mexico doesn’t believe it should enforce its border.

Destroying this wilderness will do very little to reduce energy costs nor does it do very much for oil independence.

I’ll make my own decision. I’m weighing a lot of things.

There is a desire to go to war, and that does not serve the process well, and it certainly does not serve the nominee well,

If this was a man that found Adolf Hitler to be a glorified and acceptable and a desirable character, I sure want to know it as a Californian because I don’t want that man as...

Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.

I think it’s refreshing to have different points of view, and I agree with those who say that not everybody has to have had the judicial experience, … Others have not and have been good...

What did the Democrats in Congress know and why weren’t they talking to each other?

I asked for some ability to find a commitment to broad legal principles that form the basis of our fundamental rights,

We write to express our profound concern about recent revelations that the US government may have engaged in domestic electronic surveillance without appropriate legal authority.

We will come back and fight again another day, … But today … I rise with a sad heart because we must postpone our battle for victims’ rights.

I don’t want to belabor it.

Embryonic stem cell research offers enormous promise to conquering many devastating and catastrophic diseases, … California is leading the way, but unfortunately this research will be stopped in its tracks if some in Washington get...

I’ve learned when they get up over 30,000 to 40,000 from California, then I know there is really a movement, … These 40,000 phone calls we’ve received is probably the highest number of phone calls...

I just find it an absolute travesty that these people who are going to be killed (and) maimed by weapons that have been negligently handled (will) have no recourse, … And it’s the only industry...

The fact that hackers could have accessed data on up to 40 million accounts because of a processor’s failure to follow your own established rules makes me question the effectiveness and ability of self-regulation by...

For the life of me, I don’t understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen,...

‘No Child Left Behind’ requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.

After the end of this month, which is November, we lose our vote in the general assembly of the United Nations,

I asked a number of questions and she did answer them, … But the key is to ask the questions in public.

I knew as little about what Judge Roberts really thought about issues after the hearings as I did before the hearing. This makes it very hard for me.

outside of a finding of something that is not known at this time.

I think it’s a dimension of his character. He hasn’t denied them. Women have come forward.

Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation’s position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

Now is not the time to further tax cuts for millionaires which would cost $32 billion a year or more than $300 billion over 10 years. Instead, Congress should consider making reasonable cuts in the...

It is hard to reconcile (massive corporate profits) when we all know the consumer is pushed to the brink.

The basis for environmental and social legislation is often [rooted in] the commerce clause and other amendments to the Constitution,

Continued good-faith negotiation will result in solving the problems in a way that will be acceptable to a vast majority of this body and will not in any way diminish the ability of our law...

The reason the statute won’t work is because it hasn’t worked,

This incident is a clear sign that industry’s efforts to self-regulate when it comes to protecting consumers’ sensitive personal data are failing,

If this article is accurate, it calls into question the integrity and credibility of our nation’s commitment to the rule of law.

I think that now there’s a general recognition that this is a big problem.