I am an advocate... of public financing for years. That is the one way to get money out of politics. I believe that would be what we ought to be doing.

Eight more days and I can start telling the truth again

American workers are first rate.

I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia [Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan recruiter] that he would have been a great senator at any moment. . . . He would have been right during the great conflict of civil war in this nation.

The war against terrorism will not be finished as long as he [Saddam Hussein] is in power.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.