Edward M. Kennedy: “We've tried before to improve this bill, and I'm optimistic that this time, we will succeed.”

Senator Edward Kennedy wants officials in Massachusetts to make it easier for his senate seat to be temporarily filled if it becomes vacant.

Congress will not and should not fund a program if it is unsuccessful.

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.

I understand some people will forever define me by that day, and that is their right.