Few symbols in our world stir up more emotion than the American flag. For Americans, it embodies all that we stand for. For our enemies, it represents all they seek to destroy. When Americans desecrate our flag in the name of free speech, they destroy the very symbol of the freedoms they seek to celebrate, inciting fellow Americans. While our Constitution protects speech, it does not protect every conceivable expression, and it was this capacity to incite that our anti-flag desecration laws were designed to protect us from.

I truly wish we did not have to do this, but the courts have driven us to it. It is the only option to protect the symbol of America and the freedoms she stands for and has fought to protect the world over.

America is the ‘land of the free and the home of the brave.’ Our flag reminds us of that every day, and it deserves the same protection as our inalienable rights.

I've been been to Iraq four times. The best kept secret in America is that there has always been a plan for training Iraqi forces and gradually lessening American forces' presence
there.

I've always felt that we've been on a 2-5 year time table, and it's looking more and more like that.

The President puts it very succinctly. If the Iraqi Forces step up, then we'll step down. That's always been the plan.

With all of the derision of us about being "cut and run," they feel enough political pressure for General Casey to propose what is "slice and jog."

It would be far more productive for Senator Nelson to talk about what he is for than what he is against. The bill that he filed provides for drilling that is only 25 miles different from the House bill. At some point, he needs to take off his campaign hat and start legislating.

It doesn't look as though they've made any moves toward international labor standards, and some of our members have problems with their boycott of Israel.

We have now made a complete mockery of the so-called mock mark-up process. Even when the Finance Committee acts unanimously to adopt an amendment, it has no meaning and no impact on the unamendable fast-tracked implementing bill (establishing a free-trade agreement with Oman) that is sent to the Congress.

Leaving out my amendment preventing goods made from forced labor to benefit from this trade agreement is a slap in the face to the Senate and to American workers. It is particularly appalling that the White House believes that imports made with the benefit of human trafficking, forced labor and slave-like working conditions should get special, duty-free access under bilateral trade agreements. American workers should not be forced to compete with forced labor of any kind.

I drove to Tallahassee and went to see what was supposed to be a secure facility.   They had brought in an outside hacker.  In less than thirty minutes, he was able to completely change the vote.

There has got to be a way to check the system to make sure that every vote is counted as the person intended to cast it.  You have soldiers in Iraq fighting to give people the right to vote.  We need to have that same right in the United States.

For the people that actually had to live through the aftermath of the hurricanes, it was obvious that something needed to change with the National Flood Insurance Program. It treated flood victims inconsistently, was slow to respond and unclear to even those who were supposed to be overseeing the process. This legislation will allow people to focus on rebuilding, not fighting bureaucratic red tape.

This tax hits every telephone owner and serves a significant burden to business consumers who rack up hefty long-distance bills from month to month. It’s time to give up the ghost and get rid of this outdated tax. I’m glad the U.S. Treasury agrees it is time to hang up on the long-distance tax and give taxpayers the simple and fair tax code that they long for.