After I became an attorney, the mother of two girls I'd known in high school came to see me. She'd endured years of heinous abuse from her husband that nearly destroyed her. I'd never suspected a thing.

Now remember, we've already done more than a billion dollars worth of cuts. We've already done that. So we need to get some credit for that.

The war in Iraq is a serious situation. It's - it involves the worst foreign policy mistake in the history of this country. So we should take everything serious. This is - we find ourselves in a very deep hole. We need to find a way to dig out of it.

Legislation is the art of compromise.

Cut, Cap and Balance is worst legislation in history.

Unemployment insurance was meant to be a bridge for temporary spells of unemployment. The bad news is all the evidence is that the longer you have unemployment insurance, the longer people stay out of work, their skills erode. The job they ultimately get pays less. And that's not to their benefit.

People in Nevada know me from the street to the ring to the Senate chambers. I've never had to prove my manhood to anyone.