I regard this as an issue of equal compensation both in pay and benefits, but predominantly, we're looking at benefits f...
As a diplomat, I advanced American principles of equality, fair play, and respect for diversity in the countries to whic...
LGBT Americans are not demanding so-called special rights, as some claim, through this or any other bill.
First, principle is at stake. Equality, fair mindedness, and respect for diversity are at the heart of America's identit...
We have families that we love, that we need to take care of, just as you do.
This issue is hard only because we make it so.
The government to which I have devoted 33 years of my working life will not honor my partnership because I love another ...
Being treated so unfairly now because of who I love is more than a matter of fairness; it is an issue of civil rights.
It is disturbing and demoralizing to be treated as a second-class citizen and worker.
Government should work for us, not against us.
Between 1993 and 2001, this country took the approach of prosecuting terrorism in courtrooms as criminal defendants rath...
Today it appears the Obama administration is increasingly retreating to this failed approach.
I think that we're better off moving to a different venue.
The concern that I have is that there has been a track record of people who have been released from Guantanamo going bac...
What we are hearing today is a continuation of the assault by the American political left on the entire institution of G...
And this was the guy that was released from GTMO to the Afghans because of, quote, world pressure, unquote, that was gin...
Opening Statement of Senator Herb Kohl
I'd like to thank Senator Martinez for holding today's hearing on emergency preparedness and the elderly.
