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
must also determine whether (Roberts) has demonstrated a commitment to the constitutional principles that have been so vital in advancing fairness, decency and equal opportunity in our society.
Many of us are hoping that he will take advantage of it, ... Whether he will or not, I don't know.
We are really interested in knowing whether the nominee has the background, experience, qualifications, temperament and integrity to handle this most sensitive, important and responsible job,
The question is, whether this was brought to you -- and when did you know? When did you know it? You gave us a laundry list in your presentation on it. I'm trying to find out because it's been published that you were notified about this a series of times and advised to do something about it and nothing was done.
He's obviously an intelligent and informed nominee, but the real criteria that all of us look for is whether the nominee is going to have a core commitment to the constitutional values and the rights and liberties and interest of the American people.
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.
Even today, the administration submitted a report to Congress on troop training that again failed to set out a plan,
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,