The bottom line in my view is that America’s mothers and fathers deserve to have confidence in law enforcement’s ability to ensure that their children are being raised in the safest possible environment.

In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation’s laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes.

This is a good, responsible bill, ... People are starting to become confused about what Shays-Meehan is anymore.

In 10 years I've spent two weekends in (Washington) D.C. I live here, my kids go to school here - I haven't lost touch with the people. What I've seen is that Sulzer is making that the issue.

In addition to the unimaginable human toll, Katrina's devastation has wrought havoc on our nation's Gulf Coast energy infrastructure.

I need someone who I talk to about my side of this,

Their coalition is weak, it really is, ... We have some people this morning who were undecided, then leaning toward yes, and are beginning again to question themselves and change their minds.

They will not be in the member areas,

It taught us that we didn't have a cohesive structure in place,

The bill has teeth, it has substance but it doesn't mandate upon our states, ... It doesn't federalize the election process.