"The Justice Department in the first Bush term was the least accountable Justice Department in my lifetime. Meaningful oversight and accountability were thwarted for years. We will be looking to see if Judge Gonzales intends to change that."
"I think he was just having a bad day, and I was kind of shocked to hear that kind of language on the floor."
"The administration has made it a practice to deny oversight cooperation to Congress. The stonewalling in the prison abuse scandal has been building to a crisis point."
"Today, Senator Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat, is calling for congressional hearings on the controversy."
"I'm sorry about administration officials led by the vice president repeatedly trying to link Saddam Hussein to 9/11. I'm sorry that truth tellers in the administration like General Shinsecki and Lawre..."
"Organic certification standards should be national in scope, tough and fully enforced."
"We need a program that promotes this industry because the benefits of purchasing organically produced food extend beyond the dinner plate to the support of farmers who protect the soil and water."
"We need a program that distinguishes phony organic food, items with a natural image but uncertain production methods, from the real thing."