The object of government is the welfare of the people.
There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that.
Child abuse continues to be a significant problem in the United Sates. It was estimated that 2001,903,000 children were the victims of child abuse or neglect. Child abuse is a crime perpetrated on the innocent and the defenseless.
I will continue to forcefully support nonproliferation activities around the world.
We don't want crimes committed in New Mexico falling through the cracks. This legislation ensures that there is no area of our state where crimes can be committed without consequence.
I submit that those who run the American military at the top, and those whose boots are on the ground and who run the machinery and equipment, are sending a signal: You asked us to do something. Give us some time and we will solve the problems and we will do it.
I expect an energy bill to increase and diversify supply and stabilize energy prices - not drive up energy costs in one part of the country to subsidize energy in another region.
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos.
The thing about New York is you can leave your house without a plan and find the day. You can't do that in Los Angeles. You need to get in your car, all this, you can't just drive around like a lunatic. In New York, you can literally walk outside, and wind up anywhere.
Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.