Edward Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedywas a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. He was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and was the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history, having served there for almost 47 years. The most prominent living member of the Kennedy family for many years, he was the last surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy; the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 February 1932
CountryUnited States of America
Our struggle is not with some monarch named George who inherited the crown. Although it often seems that way.
There is clear and convincing evidence that John Roberts is the wrong choice for chief justice, ... I oppose the nomination, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
Hate crimes are a national disgrace, and they attack everything this country stands for,
No matter how many times the Administration denies it, there is no question they misled the nation and led us into a quagmire in Iraq.
The doubts that many of us had before the nation was attacked about the affordability of those tax cuts have become certainties in the wake of September 11,
Future additional tax breaks for the wealthy do not deserve a higher priority than strengthening education or covering prescription drugs under Medicare or protecting Social Security or meeting other urgent national priorities,
The nation lost a courageous woman and a true American hero. A half century ago, Rosa Parks stood up not only for herself, but for generations upon generations of Americans.
Surely, we can have effective relationships with other nations without adopting a chip-on-the-shoulder foreign policy, a my-way-or-the-highway policy that makes all our goals in the world more difficult to achieve,
Rather than selecting a nominee for the good of the nation and the court, President Bush has picked a nominee whom he hopes will stop the massive hemorrhaging of support on his right wing.
I hope the next nominee selected meets the high standards set by Justice O'Connor, reveres and treasures the freedoms on which our nation was built, and can bring the nation together as she has done often.
I hope the president will select someone who meets the high standards that she set and that can bring the nation together, as she did,
They have undermined America's prestige and credibility in the world, and undermined the trust that Americans should and must have in what their nation tells them. How many will doubt a future claim of danger even if it is real?
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.
This bill has one motivation -- payback by the Bush administration and the Republican leadership of the Congress to the powerful special interest of the National Rifle Association.