Politician Quotes

I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. I thought it was a harsh and unnecessary thing to do to people across this country who care enough about each other to want to be married.

I don't want to hear again from the attorney general or anyone on this floor that this government has shown it can be trusted to use the power we give it with restraint and care.

I don't know how it could be more stark or clear: this entire society is being dominated by corporate power in a way that may exceed what happened in the late nineteenth century, early twentieth century.

I believe in local control of education.

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.

Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.

While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.

When Bill Clinton was in town, he sent over a balanced budget.

We have major fiscal problems on our hand.

This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.

There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade.

There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places.

The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people.

The Republican Party is in charge. They've been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years.

The President's proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent.

The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.

Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.

Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay for the cost of our expenditures.

I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.

Democracy derailed is democracy denied.

Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.

But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did.

But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits.

Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.

Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions without jobs, a 50-year high on mortgage foreclosures, an historic high the third year in a row on personal bankruptcies.

The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.

African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.

Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems of government.

If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.