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.

As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up.

I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!

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.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

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.