Edward M. Kennedy: “Let me ask you to talk about how it feels to be undocumented.”

We did have eight Republicans and I take my hat off to them because they had to face very stiff pressure by the far right not to join with the -- with the Democrats to vote this treaty.

described the coming influx of autistic students at postsecondary level as a 'tsunami'.

What we face is, above all, a moral issue that at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.

Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today pray that what he was to us, what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world.