Edward Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedywas a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. He was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and was the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history, having served there for almost 47 years. The most prominent living member of the Kennedy family for many years, he was the last surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy; the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 February 1932
CountryUnited States of America
Even today, the administration submitted a report to Congress on troop training that again failed to set out a plan,
Our troops deserve better, Mr. Secretary. I think the American people deserve better, ... They deserve competency, and they deserve the facts. In baseball, it's three strikes and you're out. What is it for the secretary of defense?
Instead of providing open and honest answers about how we will achieve success in Iraq and allow our troops to begin to come home, ... the president reverted to the same manipulation of facts to justify a war we never should have fought.
We want to support our troops because they didn't make the decision to go there... but I don't think it should be open-ended. We ought to have a benchmark where the administration has to come back and give us a report.
there are real and serious reasons to be deeply concerned about Judge Roberts' record.
This was a battle that needed to be fought.
We cannot say it is wartime for the rest of America, but still peacetime for the rich,
We cannot have a government which is going to manipulate intelligence information. We've got to get to the bottom of it, ... Meet the Press.
We cannot allow 400,000 college-ready students to be held back from going to college full time and 200,000 students to be shut of college completely every year, because they can't afford the cost.
We indicated to each and all of them that we stand with them; we want to learn more from them, ... Today isn't just one meeting but is going to be a continuum, until we are able to see justice and those who were a part of this cruel and murderous act are brought to justice.
The president's economic report is an insult to every hard-working American. It's unpatriotic economics, and he should apologize for it.
What the American people have seen is this incredible disparity in which those people who had cars and money got out, and those people who were impoverished died,
With Justice O'Connor committing to stay until her replacement is named, we can and should remain focused first on protecting our citizens who need help the most,
This new finding means an extra $49 billion in profits for drug companies, but the legislation still does nothing to reduce the exorbitant prices that drug companies charge.