Byron Dorgan: “I want a better country, and there are some circumstances under which the requirement for schools and roads and other…”

“I want a better country, and there are some circumstances under which the requirement for schools and roads and other things that we do together in Government are necessary. I want us to improve the things we do in Government. But there are things that are important for us to do together in Government. Part of the agenda that we discuss, part of the reason for us being in a U.S. Senate, is to decide what to do together to make this a better country. Provide for the common defense? Yes, we do that. We have a Defense Department. We created it, and we fund it. We ask men and women in uniform to go out and help preserve this country's liberty and put their lives on the line to do so. That is part of Government. Roads, schools, research in health care at the National Institutes of Health, the Coast Guard, and so much more--we do those things together.”