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

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

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.

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.

I don't have a right to pick the president's cabinet on substance.

We need willingness to consider different mission in Iraq.

Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.