"I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor."

"The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history and he failed to build a true international coalition."

"In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply."

"Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs"

"I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA."

"I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'"