The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country.

We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette.

We know that al Qaeda is seeking radioactive materials and technology to launch a devastating attack, and that hundreds of radioactive sources have been lost or stolen in the U.S. and around the world.

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.

We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.

Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.

People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.

If we fight our enemy using the same inhumane and morally bankrupt techniques that we are trying to stop, we will simply become what we have beheld.

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams.

Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.

Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.

Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.

Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.

Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.

The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.

The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.

The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past.

The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.

Well, as you know, General Motors does not make hybrids. Ford only made 4,000 hybrids last year.

You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.