the status and opportunity and rights of women in a country are a good indicator of that country's chances to advance socially

The U.S. ratification of this treaty matters because the moral leadership of our country on human rights matters.

As you travel around the world and you see many nations confronted with terrible challenges--poverty and ignorance and discrimination, if I could only ask one question to determine whether that nation had a chance to solve its problems, it…

I never attempted to enrich myself, and that I walk away, no matter what your decision, grateful that I have had this opportunity to serve.

I'm being denied the right to have a lawyer right now, because I don't have the opportunity to have a legal defense fund set up and because I can't afford another million dollars.

I plead guilty of not being sensitive.

Madam Chair, all I'm asking for is the time to get counsel. I have lawyers from Washington, D.C., and New York are willing to give me free counsel to be able to come here, because they don't think I have been treated fairly.

Nobody that can read is going to bring any charges against me.

As the first woman chair of the Joint Economic Committee, I have asked the Majority staff to prepare a comprehensive overview of women and the economy.

Today's Employment Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the economy added 50,000 private sector jobs last month.

To make sure we take our country back.

Megrahi should serve out his complete sentence in Scotland, regardless of the state of his health, the impact on other countries' interests, or the possible Libyan reaction.

This clear understanding was also reiterated in the call by Secretary of State Clinton to Minister MacAskill.

We have the moral responsibility to investigate why a convicted terrorist responsible for taking so many innocent lives... now walks free.

Scottish First Minister Salmond has gone on record publicly, stating that he was opposed to the Prisoner Transfer Agreement, that he wanted an exclusion for Megrahi.

Senators, you have to walk in my shoes to know how victimized, abandoned and abused I feel.

This was a terrible mistake that should never have happened.

It is time for Congress to act in this public health crisis to encourage state adoption of comprehensive GDL laws.