We want to at least create the framing of a consensus position on the part of the commission members,

My overall message for labor members is... that we understand that the benefits of trade are clear, but the disruption and the dislocation are painfully concentrated and we can't ignore them.

The consensus (in yesterday's rule meeting) was that the kicking part of our game is a fundamental part and it differentiates our game from others.

There was a consensus, at least among the two big parties, that reforms were crucial.

The commission is a whitewash because the members are all consummate Washington insiders, many of whom have a political and financial stake in the successful outcome of the war. The longer the war goes on, the more money they make.

I have yet to go to a grocery store and buy a loaf of bread, and have the clerk tell me since you're a woman, you only have to pay 75 cents and not a dollar,