I think affirmative action, as it was originally conceived, it was a time-limited remedy for past wrongs.
I want to say about this process that I think that you are entitled to an up-or-down vote by the U.S. Senate.
It is unconscionable and unacceptable and intolerable, in our society, that we permit so many of our senior citizens to be victims of this k...
It is unreported because people are embarrassed and ashamed. And they should not be, because we are all victims.
And I think one of the problems--if I can just interject--is that very often those background checks relate only to the State where that per...
I commend you for taking it up.
So that it worked in that way, but, of course, the numbers--it worked in terms of the key national security positions, nominees in the Obama...
I think that they were not shooting for a high target.
I think both of those issues, surge capacity and getting information to the vetters very quickly, those are mechanical kinds of things.
This is one of those topics and hearings that attracts not much public attention, but is actually greatly in the public interest.
the importance of this issue, and especially its importance at a time of economic stress when higher unemployment rates exist among folks wi...
I particularly want to thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member, Senator Enzi, for their leadership on this issue.
It turned out that most of the steps we took to make work easier and more productive for people with disabilities made work easier and more ...
I want to thank you for the distribution center that you have in Windsor, CT, which has employed 40 percent of its workforce with people wit...
Gaddafi's forces would prevail over the opposition forces simply because they were so much better equipped.
It has always been true that the F-35B was solely a Marine aircraft.
I have dispatched ships under the order of the Secretary of Defense that could provide options to the President.
I appreciate that reassurance. What you found at the defense ministers meeting is exactly what we found in terms of the cautious optimism at...
