I would not say that George Bush doesn't care about people at all. I think that his loyalties are to the upper class.

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.

If they're willing to stand at polls for countless hours in the rain, as many did, then I should surely stand up for them here in the halls of Congress.

I'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them.

I think recent revelations about who's in what bed speak to the problems with what happened in the Gulf.

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.