FEMA needs additional funds now to continue these relief efforts.

Our Founding Fathers, who are cited so frequently and appropriately on this floor, believed deeply that a successful democracy and a viable democracy requires an educated and engaged citizenry. I am confident that by adhering to high standards of achievement and accountability, we will produce an education system worthy of their great hopes.

I have worked across the aisle from Sen. Clinton for the last years and she has often shown herself to be both an enemy and combative, ... If that doesn't qualify her as an enemy combatant, I don't know what does.

I think today a pluralistic society should have access to a broad range of fact, of science, including faith,

The fact that there have not been dramatic changes apparent to everybody, I think that says a lot about the system ... that in truth the system did work,

In my particular case I want the process to hurry up as quickly as possible, ... I acted properly throughout every step of this process. I'm confident of the outcome.