69 Quotes by Jay Rockefeller

From our side of the table, there was absolute unanimity on federalization, and we're going to write the law,

It is more than apparent to me that the White House has applied heavy pressure in recent days, in recent weeks, to prevent the committee from doing its job.

I won't believe it until I see it. I don't think it's in their interest to give us those documents, because I think it's going to show some things that are very troublesome to the American people.

The American people deserve to know not just whether this administration committed crimes, but whether this administration told the truth - the full truth, the straight story,

While we transferred sovereignty today, we need to be honest with the American people that this struggle is far from over, ... Security in Iraq is worse now than it was right after the fall of Baghdad and may deteriorate further. The Iraqi security forces cannot handle the challenge alone, reconstruction has barely started, and massive unemployment has left many frustrated and even desperate.

We have a moral obligation to tackle television violence and provide parents with the tools to make their children safer,

We don't know how to protect against any biological (weapon). ... You play it safe, and the plane doesn't fly, and people are going to have to get used to that, and people are not going to like that, but it's what you've got to do in this era,

We have been pushing for a resolution on this issue since November. We are less than a month away from having some drug companies terminate these vital programs Nothing short of an immediate and complete clarification of these rules is acceptable.

When (beneficiaries) call the 1-800 number, they can wait for a week, a month. They can wait until the Iraq war is over. Nobody answers the phone.