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

Trust doesn't come haphazardly. It really has to be built over time. And that trust has to happen really at times when there isn't a crisis. That's why I think having regular meetings and conversation when there's no crisis, when you can build trust and a friendship and a relationship that allows for better dialogue and far more consequential deal-making can occur when a crisis does come up.

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.

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.

If journalism is the first draft of history, then the Internet simply has provided a new means for delivering that draft far and wide very quickly.

On issues relating to taxes, you don't always speak with one voice.

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