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He tells us that there is power in hope.

We worship an awesome God in the blue states. And we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red states. We coach Little League in the blue states. And yes, we've got some gay friends in the red states.

It is time for Congress, the administration, and the lending industry to face up to the fact that predatory and irresponsible lending practices are creating a major crisis for millions of American homeowners at a time when general economic…

In drafting Section 550, the intent of Congress was clear and unambiguous--this statutory provision provides the Department strong, interim authority for up to three years until permanent, comprehensive authority can be enacted.

If you have a Giuliani who is pro abortion, who is for gun control, is pro homosexual, stacked up against Hillary Clinton who is pro gun control, pro abortion, pro homosexual, for redefining marriage, what's the difference?

On abortion, I wasn't always a Ronald Reagan conservative. Neither was Ronald Reagan, by the way. But like him, I learned with experience.

Welcome to the Senate. I mean, we're not stalling. We're -- we're using, at the risk of being redundant, the power of a robust minority to guarantee that we get fair treatment. Now, we're happy to have this debate. We're ready to have this…

I think the ball is back in Michael Satz's court, the Broward County prosecutor's court, to thoroughly look at this case.

The American people view him as a strong leader. But some of his positions on issues that obviously are going to come out, social issues, are going to be a problem for him, with a critical base within the Republican primary.

Senator Durbin mentioned one political party, the mugwumps. I would say the Republicans in the Senate today resembled another as well, the know-nothings. Hear no evil. See no evil. Do no evil. Put your head in the sand. Ignore what's going…

If there's any more evidence that any of our state's families need for having a NOAA weather radio or all hazards radio, this is another example of having that device to warn you in the middle of the night when you aren't necessarily…

Triage means you were not providing adequate resources where they were needed.

They will be a great help but they will not start until August, right?

A new process without the right support would be overwhelming.

So you disagree with the secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Admiral Fallon that we had a failed policy?