Everybody else, including the rich people, are willing to pay more. They want to pay more.

[Social Security ] is not in crisis at this stage. Leave Social Security alone. We have a lot of other places we can look that is in crisis. But Social Security is not.

Everybody else, including the rich people, are willing to pay more. They want to pay more.

I understand that during [Sonia Sotomayor's] career, she's written hundreds and hundreds of opinions. I haven't read a single one of them, and if I'm fortunate before we end this, I won't have to read one of them.

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.

Cut, Cap and Balance is worst legislation in history.

The Iraq war can only be won diplomatically, politically and economically, and the president needs to come to that realization.