It's critically important we get that right.

I was glad that Senator Kerry raised the question of how important it is to have a full and substantive debate about troop levels.

That is the direction we are headed right now, inexorably, undeniably, if we just sit back and say, 'It got a little complicated. We couldn't do it.'

We have got to get to work and get it done and give him a bill.

We can figure this out. We know how to do a lot of this.

I remain outraged at the outlook facing so many American children.

Deamonte died because he could not get $80 worth of treatment.

Unfortunately, a lot of people won't feel that for a long, long time--feel it in a positive way, because job loss will still be high.

I don't know a family in Pennsylvania, or America--haven't met them yet, hope I never meet them--who will walk up to us and say, 'Don't do anything about health care.'

So in both groups you have got almost a quarter of them living in poverty, both African Americans and Hispanics.

I appealed to my colleagues in Congress to guarantee that dental coverage was included in the recent state Children's Health Insurance Program.

We are spending $2 trillion on a system that doesn't work for people.

the basic challenge is how to slow, stop, and reverse global warming.

It is an opportunity not just to stop global warming and keep our environment clean, but it is also a jobs opportunity.

all transactions in both the carbon futures and cash markets are promptly reported and that a central registry is updated at least on a daily basis.

As Congress moves forward with... cap-and-trade legislation, I believe it should ensure that there is a comprehensive regulatory framework over the expanded carbon markets...

It is my great hope that the end product of the review produces a policy that is consistent with President Obama's own very strong words on the importance of addressing genocide and war crimes.

I think one Senator, Senator Menendez, mentioned we've had three or four envoys; we've gone through a number of 'getting close to agreements'; we've gone through a number of agreements; and within hours, or days even, of the agreement…

I think that General Gration is essentially on the right track by reaching out, seeing what is there, and seeing if there can't be further moves by the Government in Khartoum to do what has to be done to resolve, not just the problem in…

Sudan's national elections, scheduled for April 2010, are a key milestone in implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

the United States is committed to supporting a peaceful and democratic implementation of referendum results

I would be strongly opposed to lifting sanctions against the Bashir regime or the sanctions that prohibit the procurement of military equipment by Sudan.

I think the issue you raised is critical.

Only 42 percent of that appeal has been pledged, to date, by the international community overall.

We do have to demonstrate leadership on these critical issues.