However, Democratic and Republican members of the Judiciary Committee came together in a spirit of cooperation and compromise to agree on this bill, and I strongly support it,

played a significant role in shaping and advancing the Republican agenda to roll back civil rights protections.

Until the president and the Republican leadership agree that their misguided attempt to privatize Social Security is over and they will no longer pursue their previously announced bait-and-switch strategy, Democrats will continue to refuse to enter negotiations over Social Security,

We must be willing to learn the lesson that cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a gain for each individual nation.

Willingness to compromise with others’ ways of living and cooperation in common tasks, these make living happy and fruitful.

I think I can feel a new spirit and good cooperation from the Iraqi side.