Political Quotes

Mr. President, I rise to address a crisis of confidence at Chicagoland's suburban commuter railroad--Metra. Metra plays a vital role for our area--reducing congestion and carrying thousands of suburban residents to and from Chicago each…

Madam President, I wish to rise in support of the Feinstein-Leahy-Lee legislation. We are taking up the Defense authorization bill with the controversial provisions in it, somewhat protected already by the Feinstein language. But this…

What we see now, today, though, is that we are awash in $15 trillion in debt and that since the creation of the triple A credit rating by Standard & Poor's, the United States has now lost that rating. When young Americans are born today…

Mr. President, today I rise to join with Senator Durbin to introduce the Great Lakes Water Protection Act. This bipartisan legislation would set a date certain to end sewage dumping in the Great Lakes, America's largest source of surface…