if this law is upheld, if this law is within Congress' limited power to regulate commerce among the States...

wouldn't it also be within Congress' power to tell every American... that we must eat four servings of green leafy vegetables each day?

I think it is important that we do this as Senators because I believe that among the founding generation, the Founding Fathers, there was no understanding that was more ubiquitous than the idea that what we were creating at the national…

We have to make a number of these decisions on our own regardless of whether the courts are going to do them for us.

the powers of the Federal Government are few and defined, whereas those reserved to the States are numerous and indefinite.

If Congress could impose any mandate on an individual because it may impose a particular mandate on certain individuals, there would be no limits to federal power at all.

Now, Utah is an original plaintiff in this multi-State lawsuit, and of course, Judge Vinson singled out Utah as having standing as well.

I have to concede that point. But that still begs the question of whether it should be mandated.

The Congressional Budget Office, in the past, has said that requiring individuals to purchase a particular good or service was 'unprecedented.'

Ultimately, the stability that we're trying to achieve in Iraq rests with them, those who love freedom in Iraq.

isn't it true that this new health care bill will, in fact, create upwards of 160 new agencies, bureaus, and commissions?

We're getting to the tipping point where risk reward no longer makes sense for someone to go out, as a small business owner, and take his dream and go out and start a business.

I can't help but be a little skeptical, after hearing the President's State of the Union Address.

What I do think we do have to take more seriously are some of the threats that do come across. Every member in Congress on both sides of the aisle unfortunately does get an array of threats.

I hope not, because of what happened on Saturday. Initially I thought oh, I'm probably going to do that more, but I think the more I kind of relax and take a deep breath along with everybody else, I will do it from time to time -- but I…

I don't think there should be any special rules or laws for members of Congress. We ought to live and act just like the rest of America.

Implementation of the law will not be an easy task--it never is. However, the law is clear.

The NASA Authorization Act might not be the perfect solution to all of the issues surrounding manned space flight, but it provides our nation with a strong plan--a plan embedded in law--which will define the future of our nation's…