[Akaka and others in the delegation downplayed the Justice Department's statement yesterday.] Every practical policy issue raised by DOJ in read more

[Akaka and others in the delegation downplayed the Justice Department's statement yesterday.] Every practical policy issue raised by DOJ in our negotiations has been addressed and resolved, ... Although I realize and respect that there are those who have differing views, the bill is constitutional.

Every legislator knows where their political strengths are, where the greatest number of votes comes from, and with the ability read more

Every legislator knows where their political strengths are, where the greatest number of votes comes from, and with the ability to draw the maps themselves they can carve out districts that are very precisely drawn to favor their future political interests.

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had read more

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.

I think I've become numb to that over the last 15 years,

I think I've become numb to that over the last 15 years,

One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is read more

One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is to understand how we can help people make the right choices to understand that they have real control of a lot of the health risks in their lives,

All I can tell you is that we're continuing to gather information. I think Allen's attendance at the meeting reflects read more

All I can tell you is that we're continuing to gather information. I think Allen's attendance at the meeting reflects the governor's desire to get all the input that he can possibly get.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction

Then we started going once a month to Pennsylvania and would practice reading commercials and on the runway.

Then we started going once a month to Pennsylvania and would practice reading commercials and on the runway.

There's only so much we can do. We can send letters to these people and we can make them pick read more

There's only so much we can do. We can send letters to these people and we can make them pick the stuff up, but if you have a neighborhood association ... that goes much farther than what we can do.