No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.

In our pledge every day, we pledge one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all.

I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.

In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.

Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well.

So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.

The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public.