I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.

Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities.

This is historic. It gives us the opportunity to set the agenda.

is a task of high justice and necessity.

We have until 2012 to meet Kyoto … and it doesn’t make sense

The way we’re really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal government put money in the kind of research that will create the new...

Oh, great for the state. Great for America, but this would have been a terrible blow to our state economically.

I hope that the president and I hope the leadership of Congress will, before the end of this year, schedule a debate in which we will grant President Bush authority to take action to remove...

Any attempt at amendment would take us back to the beginning and I think would be a real setback.

I said, ‘that sounds to me like a basic statement of human rights policy,’ … That was about it. I added, like so many others, I supported affirmative action. I’ve not supported quotas. I know...

There have been specific criticisms about their reliability, visibility and understandability, … And there’ve been general complaints that the ratings don’t provide parents with enough information about content, about the levels of sex, violence and...

I think we’re in danger as a result of the Bush administration policy towards North Korea of turning a situation which is difficult into one which is quite dangerous, … We cannot have a nuclear...

The checks go more for the integrity of the person and not necessarily how the person will perform under the kind of pressure that Katrina has put people under, … Biography and resumes are important,...

That`s why we cannot allow the coming legislative battle over telecommunications to become a contest within the industry, … It has got to be focused on goals for societies and individual members of society with...

But that doesn’t mean that everyone who brings a racial discrimination case ought to win the case,

With all due respect, I think that’s a little like saying that the veterinarian and the taxidermist are in the same business, … Because either way, you get your dog back.

Our inquiry to date raises serious questions about whether FERC appropriately discharged its duties to monitor and regulate energy markets, followed through on warranted reviews of Enron’s energy trading business, and heeded important warning signs...

Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances – and bringing emerging powers into this community so future conflict becomes less likely.

Today, we can see with our own eyes what global warming is doing. In that context it becomes truly irresponsible, if not immoral, for us not to do something.

Overall, I hope it brings President Bush and the administration closer to the center to negotiate with us and create a bipartisan government.

There’s no question … that we are in a position today that we didn’t think … we’d be in two or three weeks ago, where it appears that at least one of these articles of...

The when and the how is up to the Commander in Chief and our military, but whether ought not to be in doubt.

We are no longer among the top 10 countries in terms of percentage of citizenry that have high-speed Internet access — considering (the United States) invented high-speed Internet access,

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

We need to rebuild the confidence of the American people … in our government’s ability to protect them from attack, whether it comes from nature or from terrorists, … The government simply did not act...

There was a fork in the road that went in a different direction, … But you’re still young. You still have time.

Responsibility means living up to our government’s constitutional obligation to provide for the common defense and insure domestic tranquility.

The blame for the war is Saddam Hussein’s, … Inside Politics.

If our colleagues decide that they want to extend a trial for some determining votes to two weeks or three weeks, that is okay, … But I think the critical turning point is do you...

Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before – but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.

This administration has taken us into the largest fiscal deficit in our history. The dollar is at an all-time low, and 3 million people lost their jobs,

The dollar is at an all-time low, and 3 million people lost their jobs. Last month, when the administration said we’d expect to see 150,000 new jobs created, we ended up seeing 1,000 — a...

If you voluntarily label a product as being unsuitable for kids and then turn around and market it directly to kids in contradiction of your ratings system, then you should be held accountable just like...

What [the committee] found was systemic and catastrophic failure across the board, … Despite the magnitude of Enron’s implosion, no one in the system that was supposed to protect investors saw the disaster coming or...

The ones we rate badly, the ones that we’re saying to parents are dangerous, they reward the kids who are playing the games for successfully completing violent acts.

I was attracted by privatization proposals that seemed to promise taxpayers more control over their Social Security, … But ultimately I turned away from privatization because the promises and the numbers supporting them don’t add...

This is a straight-talking, tough, bold, nonpartisan report,

a beginning but not enough.

He seems to believe if you are just against everything, that’s enough — against removing Saddam Hussein, against tax cuts, against knocking down walls of protection around the world so we can sell more products...

I don’t think we can wait, … As much as I support what we’re doing in Iraq, I don’t think we can say, ‘North Korea, forget about it until we’re done with this.’

I support such a review, … But the reality is that we don’t need the results of a strategic study to know that there are some pressing problems in our military that demand our attention...

there was a growing threat of homeland attacks … the nation lacked a clear strategy to prevent and protect against these threats … and responsibility for homeland security was spread among too many agencies without...

There’s a prevailing consensus that there ought to be a tax cut. Now the question is how large it will be and what should be the components of it.

There is no agreement at this point.

There has been a change in policy, … There are peace talks going on. I would not want to bring the question of whether or not we’re going to override the president’s veto to the...

I do think that setting a hard deadline made it difficult for the Israelis to accept.

If the federal government is to be a positive presence in society, and best serve the people it represents, it must aggressively harness these new technologies,

E-government has been a bipartisan effort, today it becomes bicameral as well, … The era of big government is over; we are committed to a smaller, smarter government. New information technologies are tools to help...

Based on my initial review, I don’t believe that this situation qualifies as an emergency under the National Labor Relations Act because it does not affect an entire industry. Nor is it likely that the...

What does he do now that he’s being substantively challenged? He goes complaining to the party chairman that we’re being mean to him, … Well, I have some news for Howard Dean: The primary campaign...