Arlen Specter: “I, obviously, have been explicit before in promoting this as a Senator from Pennsylvania, and I am authorized to say…”

The reason we serve is to ensure our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

Well, you are the Senate. You decide how to proceed.

We are trying to make sure that we have maximum impact in the places that could use the money the most.