I remember George W. Bush, who spoke about bringing the country together. Here's a man who knew that he lost the popular vote but ended up with the Electoral College vote. He had lost that, and he spoke in a very inclusive way of bringing Republicans and Democrats together. It reflected what a president should do.
The American people deserve to have a fully functioning Supreme Court.
The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.
Benjamin Franklin once said, 'A people who would trade liberty for security deserve neither.' I think we can have both. We can keep our liberties. We can have our security.
Contrary to what some believe, taking all reasonable and feasible precautions to protect civilians - and mitigating the resulting anger when we harm them - does not need to impede military operations.
About the only gun law we have in Vermont is during deer season. If you have a semi-automatic, you can't have more than six rounds in it.
Seeking equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the number of violent extremist groups has grown across multiple continents. From Syria to Somalia to Pakistan, the United States is combating many of these groups - usually with bombs and missiles. Large numbers of innocent people are invariably caught in the middle.
I'm a gun owner.
Our nation relies on immigrants.
I'm not in good enough shape to be Batman. I'll just be Bruce Wayne.
It is wrong for the federal government to deny benefits or privileges to couples who have lawfully wed.
When I first came to the Senate, people in both parties went out of their way to have personal relationships.
A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.
A Grateful Dead concert is much more than the music: it's an experience, almost like being in a family of thousands of people.
It is common sense that in our immigration courts, where children fleeing devastating violence abroad often find themselves, kids need lawyers to advocate on their behalf. After all, lawyers go to school for years to understand the nuances of our legal system.
Batman doesn't have any superpowers. He has to use his brain and his courage. That's what always appealed to me.
A lot of people in my state of Vermont are gun owners.
We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
Maher Arar's case stands as a sad example of how we have been too willing to sacrifice our core principles to overarching government power in the name of security, when doing so only undermines the principles we stand for and makes us less safe.
