America Is Not A Melting Pot. It

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.

Family Responsibility, Yes, And Always. Family Bankruptcy Due To The Cruel Rules Of Government, No.

When One Gets Old And They Are Sick, There Are Not Many Things They Can Count On But They Should Be Able To Count On Social Security. Our Seniors' Retirement Should Never Rely On The Bull Of Political Promises Or The Bear Of The Market.

In My State [ Maryland] We've Lost Jobs To Nafta, We Did Not Gain Jobs From Nafta. But I Think It's Very Difficult When Your State Is Right Up Against The Northern Border, You Do See Things Differently.

People Had So Much Respect For George Mitchell. They Wanted To Cooperate With Him. I Think That's A Hallmark Of A Very Good Leader.