This is terrible news about a wonderful man,

He agreed that it is the unusual case in which a prevailing Supreme Court precedent would be overturned. He basically said _ I want to be careful about this, not putting words in his mouth...

army’s not big enough.

Because of the urgency of this task, we will begin work right away,

It took a lot of guts for a lot of people to stand up.

He didn’t get away with it tonight. Gov. Bush tried a lot of the stuff that he has gotten away with in the campaign so far, and Al Gore was right there on target with...

The nightmare that we all have is that, God forbid, there’s a terrorist attack of some kind on a major American city that requires evacuation without warning,

Today, the president can ask the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department to investigate the prices that are outrageous and, particularly, the discontinuity between the record profits of the oil companies,

I go forward from this campaign that ended yesterday, full of gratitude, and full of hope that together we can, and will, build a new and better tomorrow for our beloved country, … Thank you...

had his way, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today, not in prison.

Shortchanging vital investments in education and training, medical care and community development means that kids in Connecticut and across the country will suffer at school, families will have to scrape by to own homes and...

We need to be better prepared, … Late Edition.

The problem isn’t explaining the tax cut plan. The problem is the plan itself, … gives the most to those who need it least and the least to those who need it most.

I am very disappointed and disturbed about the continuing movement of the Florida legislature to consider their own slate of electors after almost 6 million people in Florida voted on Election Day.

We’re going to let the voters speak, … There’s no question John Kerry has gotten a bounce from his victories in Iowa and New Hampshire. But Iowa and New Hampshire — great states, great people...

It’s time for some details, … He’s gotta describe some of the progress that I saw there. It’s gotta be realistic.

I am humbled by this nomination and so grateful to Al Gore for choosing me, and I want you to know, I will work my heart out to make sure Al Gore is the next...

The facts are that George Bush hasn’t fully funded homeland security and has alienated our allies around the world. This is a cynical attempt to rescue the president’s sinking poll numbers by using fear and...

Hurricane Katrina was in one sense the most significant test of the new national emergency preparedness and response system that was created after 9-11, and it obviously did not pass that test,

I love John Breaux, he’s one of my best friends in the Senate. We’ve worked together in the New Democratic Movement, … Frankly, I’d hate to see him go. He is just the kind of...

We’re going to do this on a nonpartisan basis, just as the [9/11] commission itself acted on a nonpartisan basis, … The matter of national security, protecting the American people from terrorist attack, obviously transcends...

They did it to stand up to the secretary of defense – that took some guts.

This is an American tragedy of enormous proportions and it’s going to take a long time to bring it back to where it was let alone better.

John is a person of strength. He knows who he is. He’s a very religious person. He’s been through some crises in his own life…and marshaled his strength to go on.

These demonstrations were clearly designed to intimidate and to prevent a simple count of votes from going forward, … This is a time to honor the rule of law, not surrender to the rule of...

Where we can find common ground, we should do so,

something that I have been advocating and praying for for more than 12 years, since the Gulf War of 1991. Saddam Hussein was a homicidal maniac, a brutal dictator, who wanted to dominate the Arab...

Like many Connecticut residents, they are worried about how they are going to meet rising health-care costs for their families. I urge management at Sikorsky to resume negotiations and do everything possible to reach an...

They unfortunately and outrageously were all here on legally issued visas,

There have been differences between Al Gore and me, and I think it’s a mark of his strength as a leader that he didn’t look for somebody who agreed with him on everything, … Late...

And they can’t say I’m a flip-flopper, which they love to say about Democrats, because I’m not. I take one position before every crowd. It got me some heckles and boos at times in this...

There’s a real lack of clarity when it comes to budget matters about who’s in charge.

They look good, they’re proud of what they’re doing and of course they’re anxious to get home, but they know they have a job to do,

As every faith teaches us — and as presidents from Lincoln to Roosevelt to Reagan to Clinton have reminded us — we must as Americans, try to see our nation not just through our own...

I am thrilled that Congress has received the President’s report accepting the recommendation of the BRAC Commission to keep Submarine Base New London open, … This is an enormous victory not only for Connecticut, but...

The economists may think it looks like the beginning of a recovery, but until middle-class Americans and those working hard to get into the middle class get their jobs back — the 3.5 million that...

I don’t think anybody who has any fairness or is in their right mind would think the president or the secretary of homeland security would raise an alert level and scare people for political reasons,...

I was wrong. I regret it, and I apologize,

This was one of those moments [when] fighting one of the most powerful senators there is took a lot of guts for a lot of people.

I was beginning to hope someone would attack me.

I think it’s a strong resolution and deserves bipartisan support and I believe it may be changed more but I believe as presented now it would get broad bipartisan support.

In the Bush administration, the foxes are guarding the foxes, and the middle-class hens are getting plucked.

Our conversation was warm and cordial, … We talked about areas in which we can work together — opportunities for bipartisan agreements that the American people expect of us.

the punishment he deserves.

Obviously, it did not pass the test.

When it comes to terrorists, we ought to do everything we can to capture and/or kill them. We also ought to do a lot more than this president is doing to protect our homeland security.

Maybe sometime, but not now. George Bush is not ready to be president of the United States.

In the end, there’s just not enough oil and gas within our territory. And if we want to break our dependence on foreign oil … we’ve got to develop new sources, fuel cells, cleaner more...

I know his record and I know his heart. I know him as a public servant and I know what it is like to sit with him around the dining room table, … We have...

As one general said, they’re devoted to each other and the cause,