The new Violence Against Women Act provides a comprehensive approach to combating domestic violence and sexual assault, … It stiffens penalties for repeat offenders, provides more money for vital services and will help battered women...

It is like pitching to Ken Griffey.

Well, I think based upon that job application where he said he strongly held these views, yes.

The fact that he questioned abortion and the idea of quotas is one thing. The fact that he questioned the idea of the legitimacy of the reapportionment decisions of the Warren Court is even something...

This is your chance to explain what you meant,

It is time for a little grace and dignity here, … It is time for someone to step forward and take a hit for the team. It is time for us to demonstrate that this...

between the rhetoric here in Washington and the reality on the ground.

I’m talking about people … who will come in here with guns and understand that they don’t have to check with anybody before they return fire,

His answers are misleading, with all due respect,

Staying the course is clearly something the American people will not follow ? will not follow. So tell us, what are the standards?

does not appear to share the same expansive view of fundamental rights of previous nominees I have supported. I’m unwilling to take the constitutional risk at this moment in the court’s history.

All his experts have said to him as well as me it would take three years to do that, … He didn’t say that he was going to take up France and Germany on their...

If the European countries that are there in Bosnia now all decide to pull out … when we take out the land forces, I think it will make it very difficult to get the vote...

We have been stonewalled from the beginning, … The main question is: Did Bolton attempt to badger or attempt to change the views of intelligence officers?

I think he’s got a lot of explaining to do, and depending on how he does, I think will determine whether or not he has a problem or not.

We don’t expect the general to come with a detailed plan of the administration’s priorities, but to get a sense of what their concerns are.

Go ahead and continue not to answer.

. . . once we decided to focus on Iraq, we went to war too soon. We went without the rest of the world, and we went under false premises.

We need a regional strategy that persuades Iraq’s neighbors to wield their influence with the Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds for political compromise. They will do it, because no one other than the terrorists has an...

That is not true, judge,

It acknowledges that the Security Council fully understands that this is the world’s problem — Iraq is the world’s problem — not just the United States problem, and that failure to secure the peace in...

I don’t think we should filibuster,

Ultimately, all the federal government does is not going to be able to get the job done without your aid.

It is a stark reminder that no progress on reconstruction can be made in Iraq without establishing security. And, clearly, this is not just a problem for the U.S., but for the whole world,

What’s the plan, Stan, tell us,

DOJ (Department of Justice) has told us repeatedly that there’s a formal response working its way through red tape channels, but still nothing,

I’m sure the argument will be why are we nit-picking, but what I want to do at a minimum in the debate is lay out what I understand what the president’s committing to do,

Is the announcement of our intent to withdraw from the ABM treaty a real action, or is it a White House Christmas present for the right wing who dislikes arms control under any circumstances,

The president is too smart for this. We should not all play into Saddam Hussein’s hands and break up this coalition,

the question on the minds of most Americans.

We need a strong voice in New York who knows the U.N. and who can advance our reform agenda. But we don’t need a voice which people may not be inclined to listen to, …...

We are rolling the dice with you, Judge. It’s kind of interesting, this Kabuki dance we have in these hearings here, as if the public doesn’t have a right to know what you think about...

The Bush administration was right to reverse course on North Korea and stop letting ideology get in the way of results.

We can’t keep the peace in Iraq anymore than the Iraqis want it. We can’t want it more than they want it. And if they don’t step up to the ball, we’re going to be...

The degree of difficulty has been exponentially increased by Katrina.

Instead of seizing the opportunity, … it seems to me, Dr. Rice, you have danced around it and, sort of, stuck to the party line, which seems pretty consistent: You’re always right. You never made...

We are rolling the dice with you, judge, … It’s kind of interesting, this Kabuki dance we have in these hearings here, as if the public doesn’t have a right to know what you think...

He is absolutely, totally, completely honest — his main contribution is his legislative political integrity — and that’s a big deal.

This has become the greatest propaganda tool that exists for recruiting of terrorists around the world, and it is unnecessary to be in that position, … This Week.

I’m not looking for a date to get out of Iraq. But at what point, assuming the strategy works, do you think we’ll be able to see some sign of bringing some American forces home?

The American people must have a say in decisions that will affect their well-being for decades to come,

The idea that the Senate would degenerate into a pit bull ring … was something that each of us thought … would reflect incredibly badly on the place we think is a big deal.

The idea that he doesn’t know the process of how to clear intelligence, I find mind-boggling.

The underlying issue here is, whether or not Joe Wilson said things rightly or wrongly, he was right — flat right — that Niger was not selling yellowcake to Iraq, which was a justification for...

Iraq cannot be salvaged by military might alone,

It’s time the president leveled with the American people, because no foreign policy can be sustained without the informed consent of the American people, … They have not been informed of that fact.

[If the United States and the new Afghan regime agree to the measure,] there will be the ability to literally give some of the Afghans back their money to govern themselves in the near term,...

But the end result is, I think we should end up shutting it down,

I think we can stop them from having a nuclear weapon, short of war.

With all due respect, you’ve told me nothing, … It’s kind of interesting, this kabuki dance we have in these hearings here, as if the public doesn’t have a right to know what you think...