President Bush has said that the economy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.

This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.

Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in the United States and' after 'appropriate force' in the agreed-upon text. This last-minute change would have given the president broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas-where we all understood he wanted authority to act-but right here in the United States, potentially against American citizens. I could see no justification for Congress to accede to this extraordinary request for additional authority. I refused.

People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care.

As the representatives of the people we are here to declare that our resolve has not been weakened by these horrific and cowardly acts.

While endangering one of the most pristine areas in the world, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would do nothing to make our country more energy independent.

There may not be much difference between Democrats and Republicans anymore.