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There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.
There is just no sensible, logical reason why we would not make use of stem cell research.
I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.
It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest.
My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.
There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.
When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
Look, the president can discharge all 93 U.S. attorneys for no reason at all, but not for a bad reason.
In our social contract, we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help.
If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.
If we had pursued the war on cancer which President Nixon declared in 1970, Jack Kemp might be alive today.
The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position.
It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.
When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.
I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.
When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.
Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward.
I think a public official ought to follow his conscience as to what is in the public interest, not what will protect his job.
Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress?
I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.
Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.
When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.
I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.
But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.
American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.
Well, I believe that when you are confirming a United States Supreme Court Justice, that it really isn't Democratic or Republican; it's American.
How many members of Congress go face the people in a town meeting and are prepared to answer questions from the floor. That to me is the real litmus test.
The Supreme Court has a very light backlog. They leave a lot of splits among the circuits, a lot of uncertainty. And I think they ought to work a lot harder.
We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July. It's not going to work.
Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.
As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.
As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt.
Neither this nation nor this party can afford a candidate so captive to the demands of the intolerant right that we end up re-electing a president of the incompetent left.
I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it
I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it.
It has been my experience that the hearings are really, in effect, a subtle minuet, with the nominee answering as many questions as he thinks necessary in order to be confirmed.
Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.
If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision rejected Congress' findings and its method of reasoning, .. Is there any real justification for the court's denigrating Congress' 'method of reasoning'?.
No senator's vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the confirmation of a nominee for the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment.
As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.
The Republican Party has moved so far to the right, you can't recognize Mitt Romney. What Mitt Romney will appear in October? Mitt Romney has changed positions more often than a pornographic movie queen.
What I would ask the leaders to do is to better understand the American people. I would insist that the leaders have town meetings and meet the people and listen to them and find out what is on their minds.
Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.
Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.
We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared unconstitutional.
If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.