I have supported nominees for cabinet-level positions in the Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II administrations with people who I have tremendous disagreements with on substantive matters, and I've always supported them.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

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

We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Our strength and our security depends obviously on having a strong military, having a strong economy, and also on our ability to have willing allies and nations join us in common global efforts, the principal one today being terrorism.

When the public's right to know is threatened, all other public rights are threatened.