I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine.

It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.

From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

I’ve decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what’s right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.

Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.