Trent Lott: “I grew up in an environment that condoned policies and views that we now know were wrong and immoral. And I repudiate…”

I think that many aspects to what the Obama administration and the Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is doing and the race for the top that have some positive features.

You've got to do that every now and then. Even though you might get your little flak from some of the people within your conference. It's called leadership.

I think one of the best infrastructure visions we could have as a country today would be to create high-speed passenger rail service that moves people economically and efficiently around the country. The irony is, as long as we continue to…

Let me say with regard to the package that was agreed to, the changes, we did work together on that. It was cleared on both sides. I want to thank the leaders for allowing us to move forward on this legislation. It is never easy to go…