With the energy the Latino community brings to our democracy and our economy, we can be assured that America's future will be bright.

I hope that today's decision will lead the prosecutor to reconsider the excessive charges brought against all the teenagers in this case.

I am pleased that the Louisiana state appeals court recognized that the aggravated battery charge brought in this case was inappropriate.

And I hope that the judicial process will move deliberately to ensure that all of the defendants will receive a fair trial and equal justice under the law.

This continues to be a disastrous foreign policy mistake.

The Legislative Black Caucus has fought for a more equal and just government that represents all Californians, not just those with money and access.

Our troops have done a tremendous job in Iraq, and we know they'll do whatever is asked of them-but it's time for the administration to come clean and acknowledge that no amount of American heroism is going to force Iraq's leaders to…

We have to come together -- not as Republicans and Democrats -- but as Americans to turn the page in Iraq.

It is long past time to end a war that never should have started.

President Bush was wrong when he took us to war.

I opposed this war from the beginning.