Bennett's statement is outrageous. As a former secretary of education, he should know better, ... His program should be pulled from the air.

I think if Secretary Bennett does not choose to address the issue with a forthright apology, at the bare minimum, I think Secretary Bennett's program should be removed from the air.

We probably would have been really angry with ourselves if we had given up a score, ... but we pulled it off and we are happy with what we did.

I call them, they ain't got this paperwork, nobody's got paperwork, somebody needs a secretary…I'm frustrated. I'm going nuts. I'm going nuts.

For the past 40 years, the law on voting rights has worked well to enfranchise the disenfranchised. But the threats to minority voters and efforts to discourage minority voters continue.

The White House promoted a number of nominees that we believe demonstrated hostility to civil rights, women's rights and to matters of concern to many Americans. We certainly hope the administration will use this opportunity surrounding the Lott controversy to rethink some of its nominees.