We in the Senate refer to Sen. Gillibrand as the hottest member.

The American people do not like privatization. They are afraid of the debt the president's willing to do. And they don't like benefit cuts. And everyone here should understand all 45 Senate Democrats are united. We are not going to let this happen.

I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and - you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows - (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday.

Obama a ‘light-skinned’ African-American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

Legislation is the art of compromise.

There was not a word of apology, not a word of explanation to the American people. The president's going to have to get a touch of reality.

The cold war was the longest war in United States history. Because of the nuclear capabilities of our enemy it was the most dangerous conflict our country ever faced. Those that won this war did so in obscurity. Those that gave their lives in the cold war have never been properly honored.