The harsh fact of the matter is when you're passing legislation that will cover 300 million American people in different ways, it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to control the people.

I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together.

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam Hussein in charge of affairs.

The Democratic Party is a house of many mansions. It is a body which is extremely important in representing all kinds of people in all parts of the country who have very broad and very different views.

Compromise is an honorable word.

Everything in our foreign and domestic policy is a question of issue for the American people to vote on.

I'm Polish, I carry no grudges.