is one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city.

Which one of those was a nuisance? How do you look back on that track record and say there was ever a time in the last 20 years when we didn't have to be concerned about terror?

Scooter Libby is one of the most capable and talented individuals I have ever known, ... He has given many years of his life to public service and has served our nation tirelessly and with great distinction.

I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities with a nuclear weapon, is very real and that we have to use extraordinary measures to deal with it.

In light of the gravity of the charges outlined in the guilty verdict against Mr. Traficant, I think the prudent course of action would be an immediate resignation,

I think that freedom means freedom for everyone. As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay, and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish.