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We Should Stop The Non-scientific, Pseudo-scientific, And Anti-scientific Nonsense Emanating From The Right Wing, And Start Demanding Immediate Action To Reduce Global Warming And Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change That May Be On Our Horizon Now. We Must Not Let The [bush] Administration Distort Science And Rewrite And Manipulate Scientific Reports In Other Areas. We Must Not Let It Turn The Environmental Protection Agency Into The Environmental Pollution Agency.

My Colleague Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican, Erroneously Suggested That I Support The Teaching Of Intelligent Design As An Alternative To Biological Evolution. That Simply Is Not True. ... Unlike Biological Evolution, Intelligent Design Is Not A Genuine Scientific Theory And, Therefore, Has No Place In The Curriculum Of Our Nation's Public School Science Classes.

We Need The Breast And The Brightest To- Umm The Best And The Brightest.

If A Legislator Is Safe From Competition, Or If He Represents Groups With The Same Economic And Political Beliefs, He Does Not Have To Change His Ideas Or Respond To The Needs Of The Broader Population. He Can Rest Content With A Mediocre, Absentee Performance Knowing He Will Be Returned To Office. And As He Is Returned Year After Year The Seniority System Gives Him Immense Control Over People From Other Parts Of The Country Whose Views He Need Not Heed At All.

There Is No Safety In Hiding. Like My Brothers Before Me, I Pick Up A Fallen Standard. Sustained By The Memory Of Our Priceless Years Together, I Shall Try To Carry Forward That Special Commitment To Justice, Excellence And Courage That Distinguished Their Lives.