BILL DELAHUNT

This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job.

While it is true that our enemies are ruthless fanatics, the solution is not for us to become zealous ourselves so that we remake our society in the image of those that would attack us.

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.

Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.

Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.

If we're going to preach about democracy we're going to have to make difficult decisions. We're not going to sell our values out for basing rights, particularly when (Defense) Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld himself noted that there were options to the base in Uzbekistan

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.

It appears to the American people that the government is intent on prying into every nook and cranny of people’s private lives, while at the same time doing all that it can to block access to government information that would inform the American people what is being done in their name.

The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.

What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.

Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.

The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.

Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.

This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job.

It appears to the American people that the government is intent on prying into every nook and cranny of people’s private lives, while at the same time doing all that it can to block access to government information that would inform the American people what is being done in their name.

While it is true that our enemies are ruthless fanatics, the solution is not for us to become zealous ourselves so that we remake our society in the image of those that would attack us.

If we're going to preach about democracy we're going to have to make difficult decisions. We're not going to sell our values out for basing rights, particularly when (Defense) Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld himself noted that there were options to the base in Uzbekistan