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It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.

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Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.

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Some Senate Democrats say Roberts should get tougher scrutiny now that he is being nominated for chief justice. The chief justice is the most important judge in the country, with even more responsibility for the protection of the rights and freedoms of all Americans, ... Thus John Roberts bears a heavier burden when he comes before the Senate.

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As we approach the fourth anniversary of 911, President Bush should admit that he wrongly invoked the tragedy of 911 to justify war with Iraq. The war has made terrorists even more determined to attack our country, and has made America less safe.

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We're going to support the servicemen and women, ... But when you're asking for the tens of billions of dollars in reconstruction, we're entitled to the answers to those questions.

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We cannot have a government which is going to manipulate intelligence information. We've got to get to the bottom of it, ... Meet the Press.

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there are real and serious reasons to be deeply concerned about Judge Roberts' record.

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Based on the record available, there is insufficient evidence to conclude that Judge Roberts's view of the rule of law would include as paramount the protection of basic rights.

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During Senator Ashcroft's quarter-century of public service, he has taken strong positions on a range of important issues in the range of the Justice Department, ... Unfortunately and often he has used the power of his high office to advance his personal views in spite of the law of the land.

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The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

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If Congress passes this resolution it will have destroyed in 10 hours what it took the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 painstaking years to create.

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in what now seems a very different and distant time.

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We indicated to each and all of them that we stand with them we want to learn more from them, ... Today isn't just one meeting but is going to be a continuum, until we are able to see justice and those who were a part of this cruel and murderous act are brought to justice.

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Judge Pickering's record reflects a hostility to civil rights and a vision of the Republican Party that reminds Americans of a painful time in our nation's history, ... Those who lack a strong commitment to our nation's fundamental ideals and principles do not belong in our federal judiciary.

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I can only see Republican complaints as an effort to bully Senate Democrats into rubber stamping their right-wing judicial nominees. Republicans don't understand that the issues at stake go far beyond partisan games. This debate is about lifetime appointment to the courts that decide cases that shape the lives of all American people.

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Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.

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One of the few positive results of the Vietnam War is the irresistible momentum it gave Congress thirty-four years ago to pass legislation lowering the voting age to 18.

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Otis has a new lease on life. The revised report means the base will continue, but with new missions that will give it a strong future role in protecting the security of the Commonwealth and the region.

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If port security is not a top priority for our own government, how can we expect it to be a priority for a foreign government We cannot risk contracting out our national security.

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The House bill has a provision which would effectively dismantle Medicare.

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It's important that at the hearings, whenever they come, we ought to be assured that the information that we've requested as well is available to us.

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I do not believe that John Roberts has met the burden of proof necessary to be confirmed by the Senate as chief justice of the United States, ... Sadly, there is ample evidence that he would turn the clock back on this country's great march of progress toward equal opportunity for all.

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I hope we can come together as Americans to deal with this issue. It is that spirit we hope to capture.

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If President Bush can make his own rules for domestic surveillance, Big Brother has run amok. We need a thorough investigation of these activities. Congress and the American people deserve answers, and they deserve answers now.

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Our armed forces are serving ably in Iraq under enormously difficult circumstances, and the policy of our government must be worthy of their sacrifice. Unfortunately, it is not, and the American people know it.

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