Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: “Shame on the court. We say it's a sad day. We will regret this day.”

We need a new direction in America. We need a plan, one we never had 4 years, 5 months ago as this country struck a sovereign nation, Iraq. We need a plan. I would say a new plan, but we never had an old plan. So a plan is what this…

There needs to be something before we start chipping away, as Congressman LaTourette said earlier; it is sporadic and we don't have a plan.

Thank you, America, for believing in a greater country. I want to thank the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), ranking member of our committee, and certainly Chairman Young. I want to thank the gentlewoman from the District of…

at 1 o'clock this morning, the Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a budget that is fiscally irresponsible; increases the national debt; cuts veterans' health care; cuts student loans; and at the same time, President Bush…