Politician Quotes

I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America.

I love challenges.

I know the problem of obesity. I got to tell you, I think that's tepid. I just don't think the bully pulpit is going to be enough to sufficiently fight obesity. We're going to have to have incentives in here.

I believe strongly that the opportunity is here for us in America to finally have a healthcare system that we can really be proud of. But it's got to be one where everybody is involved. Everybody: consumers, employers, providers, health-insurance companies, everybody.

Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness.

Global overcapacity in steel production can no longer be ignored. Foreign governments' intervention in steel markets has had a devastating impact on the U.S. industry.

Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.

Every American has a right to affordable, high-quality health care.

You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.

When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.

My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and watch TV with him.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

I think that women are much more collaborative; men are much more competitive.

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.

Why did the Clinton Administration continue to liberalize export controls on sensitive technologies even after it learned that China had stolen designs?

What are the implications of a China that may be on nuclear parity with the United States?

We are a Nation of peace and compassion, yet these people have and will devote every fiber of their beings to the destruction of Americans and our Country.

U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected.

These children should be enrolled in Independent Living programs designed by state and local governments to prepare them to enter the workplace, or attend college, and successfully manage their lives.

The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995.

The U.S. military has done a phenomenal job of creating these facilities almost over-night and dealing with these sworn enemies of America with more respect and dignity than they ever would have considered according our officers had they captured any.

The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs.

The most important issue is clearly not the quality of treatment and care of these prisoners; rather it is the perplexing issue of what we now do with them.

The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense.

The Cox Report documents a systematic, well-planned effort by the Chinese military at the highest levels to target and acquire technology for military modernization.

The Cox Committee found that the Chinese military acquired many of the technologies over the past seven years, although many of them had been targeted for acquisition for more than a quarter century.

The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming.

The committee discloses that even after the U.S. government learned of the diversion of U.S. designs for nuclear warheads in late 1995, the Clinton Administration failed to take steps immediately to improve security.

State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21.

Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs.