It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.
It is a rare piece of legislation indeed where there is so much agreement about the goals.
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
It is easy but inaccurate to label any legislation which makes it easier for working families to combine family and work responsibilities 'job killers.'
Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.
Talk radio is an asset to our nation because it encourages strong and healthy debate about public policy, and there is no reason to affect that debate with government legislation.
I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.
First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures.
When Congress legislates in haste, it often causes more problems than it solves. But Congress rarely reconsiders its mistakes.
We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.
I mean, if you go back to 1960 on major pieces of legislation, the filibuster was used about eight percent of the time.
There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers.
I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature.
Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a violation of the Constitution.
Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights.
I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.
Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.
A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.
