James M. Talent: “I believe marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.”

I think if we don't do that, then the other things that you are working on legislatively--as important as they are, are likely to fail in execution.

If you don't have the countermeasures, you can have all the rest of it done--it is like an army without bullets.

To those who still do not recognize the threat, let me quote from the report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

I think success means protecting the American homeland, the territorial integrity of allies, the economy, from attacks.