Let's Face It, In America Today We

The President Must Stop Gambling With Taxpayers' Money And Get The Country Back On The Path Of Fiscal Sanity.

I Fully Support President Bush's Decision To Strike Al Qaeda's Terrorist Network. Now More Than Ever, We Must Stand United As A Nation And Support Our President And Our Military. It Is Important To Remember That This Carefully Targeted Response Is Not An Attack On A Religion, Nor A Nation, But An Attack On Terrorism. In Congress, We Will Continue To Work With The White House To Do What's Needed To Bring Justice To Those Who Committed The Heinous And Evil Attacks Of September 11.

I Don't Know If There's Any Secret Recipe. Just A Lot Of Hard Work. Pay Attention To Your Constituents. I Always Had A Great Iowa Staff That Did All My Great Constituent Service Work. And I Found That People Would Forgive Me For A Lot Of My "liberal Sins" Because I Paid Attention To The Home Front.

It's Been Years, But I Still Say That I Went Out With The Same Progressive Values And Liberal Ideals That I Went In With. I Made A Couple Of Mistakes, I Will Honestly Admit. In Retrospect, There Are A Few Votes I Wish I Could Take Back. But, Through It All, I Kept My Support For Organized Labor, I Kept My Support For Income Equality, I Kept My Support For Making Sure That Kids That Come From Poor Families Have Access To Education. So, Yes, I Still Believe That You Don't Have To Give Up Your Ideals And Go Along. One Person Can Still Stand Up And Make A Difference.

[a]s We Celebrate 75 Years Of The Minimum Wage, We Must Also Recognize That It Is No Longer Achieving Its Potential Impact In Our Economy Or For America's Working Families. Every American Deserves The Chance To Build A Better Life For His Or Her Family - And Raising The Minimum Wage Will Provide That Opportunity.