I've been to Iowa twice, and I know how much flooding you've had.

Today we send a strong and dear message.

We cannot continue to progress as a country unless we have a more vigorous response to this problem.

I think it's a wonderful thing.

The time has come to act.

I think the Senate will support it on a bipartisan basis.

We will not allow terrorists and smugglers to dishonor the millions of immigrants who live here lawfully.

We have a whole range of other issues out there.

We have to keep pace with the economic changes that are going on in the world.

I really want something to happen there.

I asked for this job, and most of the folks in the Congress do want to move this country off dead center and move it forward.

I want to welcome the Governors from the States afflicted by the floods to Washington.

More than any other one which has been presented by any party, it reduces the deficit in a way that is fair to all the American people.

If we don't do [NAFTA], anybody who wants to shut a plant down in America and move it to Mexico for lower wages can do that anyway.

The tax burden is the way it is because we seek to reverse what happened in the 1980's, where taxes went up on the middle class and down on the wealthiest Americans.

Look at California if you want to see the consequences of 6 long years of cutting the defense budget.

Until we find a way to reward the working poor and to move people from welfare to work, our economic recovery is going to be limited.

The Government's relationship to the private sector are changing the nature of that relationship.