Jay Rockefeller
Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IVserved as a United States Senator from West Virginia, from 1985 to 2015. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia, a position he held from 1977 to 1985. Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia to serve as a VISTA worker in 1964, and was first elected to public office in the state, as a member of the House of Delegates, in 1966. Rockefeller was later elected...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 June 1937
CountryUnited States of America
If the Senate oversight committees are either unwilling or unable to tackle the tough but necessary questions associated with detention, interrogation or rendition of prisoners, then we should step aside -- regrettably, if we have to -- and let the work be done by others unfettered by other considerations,
the chain of command that Duncan Hunter's worried about.
It is more than apparent to me that the White House has applied heavy pressure in recent days, in recent weeks, to prevent the committee from doing its job.
a man of character, conviction and kindness ... was a classic American intellectual -- a man with a brilliant and probing mind, yet entirely approachable and pragmatic.
I am saddened to learn of Bob's passing. Bob was an outstanding journalist and an acute political observer.
If planes don't fly, the whole economy shuts down,
I really expected that when this hearing came, the new director of national intelligence would be here to talk about threats,
I particularly single out baseball. And in baseball, I particularly single out the players because they have negotiated reluctantly, if at all.
This is not a story with a quick ending.
Director Goss's announcement leaves me with one troubling question: what failures in performance, if not these, warrant the convening of an accountability board at the CIA?
Everyone knows that coal mining is very dangerous, but you go into it every day thinking it's going to be all right.
It may be that they're tired of talking about the Brooklyn Bridge (terror plot), and they're trying to find a different edifice of some sort.
I've always though the Beckley V-A-M-C had the authority to assist with transportation, but we need to have that question answered right away. Then, we'll work with the Beckley V-A to restore their transportation through whatever means possible.
It's always premature. It was premature that the Titanic went down. But it did indeed disappear.