“Now, we are seeing many of these same companies face the truth about their financial standing. Congress is faced with the challenge of reforming our accounting industry and holding corporate executives responsible for their actions.”

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

Unfortunately, WorldCom is not the only company caught up in this kind of accounting scandal. The impact this will have on the general public is yet to be seen.

While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.

Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not

Medicare debates in Congress should result in better Medicare benefits for all our nation’s seniors. We’re not asking for special treatment for rural America, just a fair deal.

Finger pointing does not provide answers to grieving relatives

Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.

Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.

I was made to be where I’m at. I just had to go through some challenges, so that I can educate others later.

Totalitarian rule marks the sharpest contrast imaginable with political rule, and ideological thinking is an explicit and direct challenge to political thinking.

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

Confronted with a challenge to distill the secret of sound investment into three words, we venture the motto, Margin of Safety.

The most complex challenge for an actor is the ability to give dimension to the story from the time that it happened, not from the present.

Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.

I’m a total luddite when it comes to technology. Pretending I know how to use a computer is a challenge.