People Had So Much Respect

In My Very First Term There Was An Issue That Brought Us [george Mitchell, Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd] Together In A Very Deep, Emotional, And Personal Level.it Was Called 'spousal Impoverishment' And It Meant That For One Person [to Go Into] A Nursing Home, The Family [ ], Could Go Near Bankruptcy, And Then They'd End Up With A Lien On The Family Farm Or The Home. And So I Wanted To Change That.

Politics Is Social Work With Power.

We Must Be Careful That The People Who Make $5,000 A Year Are Not Pitted Against Those That Make $25,000 A Year By Those Who Make $900,000.

Let Us Get On With Creating The Democratic And Pluralistic Society That We Say We Are.

We Don't Have A Caucus, Because We Differ On So Many Views. Some Of Us Are Pro-choice, Some Are Not. We'll Take The Issue Of Drilling, For Example: Lisa Murkowski Would Want To Drill In Anwar, Maria Cantwell, Barbara Boxer, And Most Of Us Would Say No, And So We Don't. But We Get Together Once A Month For Dinner, And We Have Three Rules: No Memos, No Staff, And No Leaks; And We Get Together For Friendship. In Fact, We're Having A Dinner Tonight. We Just Have Drinks And Talk About Life And Times.