John Kerry

How exactly did this administration get it so wrong?

I'm not asking even for the specific timetable of withdrawal. I'm asking for a specific timetable of transfer of authority, of transfer of responsibility, of the shift and the setting of the benchmark specifically that allow us to bring…

The former presidential candidate was named jury foreman earlier this week in a negligence case involving the city.

The war in Iraq was and remains one of the great acts of misleading and deception in the American history.

I don't intend to stand for, nor should any of us in the United States Congress stand for another swift boat attack on the character of Jack Murtha. It, frankly, disgusts me that a bunch of guys who never chose to put on the uniform of…

I think anybody worth their salt ought to -- ought to see the mistakes and incompetence of this administration. And how could you possibly say you're going to vote to let this incompetent administration go out and be incompetent again? Of…

It's hard to name a government official with less credibility on Iraq than Vice President Cheney.

It is hard to name a government official with less credibility on Iraq?

It would be difficult. I think it would take 5 minutes to handle what we have to do.

The order would be that Senator Rockefeller and Senator Roberts would introduce the modification on his amendment, at which point the debate would conclude with respect to the Kerry amendment. We would vote on the Kerry amendment prior to…

Is it my understanding that upon the disposition of the next amendment, this will be the pending business?

We can solve this if we do the following: First, the amendment of the Senator from Delaware, which is a good amendment, is outside of the jurisdiction of the Intelligence Committee. It is not something that involves the Intelligence…

Could we have an agreement now that we would modify the amendment as submitted so that it is a second degree, not a substitute, but simply a second degree?

If I could have a chance to work with Senator Rockefeller, we may just have one vote.

My understanding is we are talking about a second-degree amendment; is that correct?

It's a dangerous day for our national security when an administration's word is no good.

This is the Katrina small business hurricane relief and reconstruction bill. What is it? It is S. 1807.

The question is whether--I know the chairman wants to make this happen--if we could try to break this out and pass it separately, pass it in the House, and get this immediate assistance into the hands of the small businesses. It would make…

I am happy to change the order to serve the purposes of the Senate. Pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95, which is the concurrent resolution on the budget, I move to waive section 402 for the purposes of the pending amendment, and I…

My interest is not to go backwards into that right now. My interest is to make sure that it doesn't stand as an impediment to our ability to be able to do it now.

I am not ready to make a commitment today to do a Star loans II unless we really are able to understand exactly who is going to get those loans.

I just want to make sure we don't throw the baby out with the bath water.

There is a clearly distinguishable, it seems to me, impact area and effect that we ought to be able to arrive at an agreement on.

Let us do that right here, right now.

I am trying to figure out where we are.