For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101.

I assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence... I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the white rural community or the black urban community, you see that the resources have been sucked up into the war and tax cuts for the rich.

I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.

I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.

If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

We all have a large stake in preserving our democracy, but I maintain that those without power in our society, the black, the brown, the poor of all colors, have the largest stake not because we have the most to lose, but because we have worked the hardest, and given the most, for what we have achieved.