05/23/2006
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"First, we said we were going to make America safer by passing the 9/11 Commission recommendations."
"The campaign is over. Democrats are ready to lead."
"If I just might direct the record to another place, why don't we just leave this room today, forgetting the word 'earmark.' This is legislatively directed spending, as opposed to executive spending."
"Democrats promise to do better and to come clean and cut spending."