Jack Reed Quotations

We strongly believe that providing these units access to uniform pay, full federal benefits and federal protections affords the federal government the best opportunity to fully support the military personnel involved in these operations.

We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.

We're about see a second tidal surge from Katrina and Rita,

We have real questions about the size of our forces, whether an international division will be provided, what efforts are being made to engage multinational support politically, diplomatically, and militarily, ... Those questions remain.

Seventy-two hours without regular sleep, sensory deprivation -- which would be a bag over your head for 72 hours -- do you think that's humane?

On a daily basis, we are seeing not just attacks against coalition forces and security forces of Iraq, we are seeing a situation in many places which is beyond chaotic to the point which the Iraqi people are quickly beginning to assume that we not only are occupying but we are inept occupiers.

Mr. Secretary, you're dissembling, non-responsive, ... Anybody would say putting a bag over someone's head for 72 hours -- which is sensory deprivation.

My fear is that there's pressure in the United States that is forcing us to re-evaluate our position rather than what's happening on the ground in Iraq,

No, no, answer the question, Mr. Secretary. Is that humane?

One of the lessons of 9/11 is that you can't assume we are invulnerable, ... There is still a very serious threat that these terrorist groups are going to get access to nuclear devices.

If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.

I am extremely privileged to serve Rhode Island in the United States Senate, and that is my only goal and aspiration.

I'm at a loss to understand why they adopted this extreme legal procedure.

He has not convinced me that he will not uphold just the letter of the Constitution, but the spirit of the Constitution as well,

Hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds have played an important role in providing liquidity to our financial system and improving the efficiency of capital markets. But as their role has grown, so have the risks they pose.

Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have to look very carefully and weigh very carefully what anyone says.

Having committed ourselves to Iraq, we must prevail, and to prevail, we must fund all of the requirements for our military. We must do it adequately and promptly, and the administration is doing neither.

He must be candid and honest about the current situation, what is at stake, what it will take to succeed, how long the mission will last and what it will cost.

He's a very capable individual, but I'm not confident, based on what he's said and written before, that he can really fulfill the spirit of the Constitution.

It is an opportunity for us to build on that with responsible reforms such as the elimination of soft money. So we've been given a chance. I just hope we take that chance on the behalf of the American people.

I think she's been very measured and very thoughtful and very consistent with her criticisms.

We are today, in this country, convulsed by the situation in Iraq. It is an extraordinary crisis. It is taxing our men and women in uniform, and it is certainly taxing our resolve.

We can best honor the memories of those who were killed on September 11 and those who have been killed fighting the war on terrorism, by dedicating ourselves to building a free and peaceful world safe from the threat of terrorism.

The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone a plan to fix Social Security.

We know our customers and we treat them like they're part of the family,

What you see on TV is the more prominent aspect of what we're doing. But there's a lot of work with my colleagues in trying to come up with a policy direction the Democrats can unite behind.

Today's Census reports confirm that the Bush administration's economic policies have not benefited most working families.

We're not a big corporation - we're not a Wal-Mart, not that we're taking shots at them, because they're a great operation, ... But we have more flexibility, which is both a strength and weakness of our store.

We ask these young men and women to sacrifice themselves, to give their lives, ... I believe it's part of that leadership of that department that the secretary of defense would personally write these letters, personally sign them at least.

We have to be prepared for a long involvement. We have to do it not just rhetorically. We have to have the resources, we have to expand our army, our Marine Corps, we have to provide them with the best equipment possible, ... There's lots of things we can do.

When you go into the first grade you have to get up early.

We tend to take it for granted, ... We haven't invested some money at the federal level, or most particularly, the state level, to have the infrastructure to deliver these vaccines.

far enough to really chart out a course over the next several years.

After a brilliant offensive campaign to destroy the Iraqi military forces, we have settled into a very dismal and dangerous occupation.

And that's going to take a long time,

There was inadequate planning, inadequate recognition of the problem at every level.

The best reduction, the most final reduction, is to destroy the warheads.

The administration is manufacturing a crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.

The administration is desperate to try to reverse the popular impression that the situation is deteriorating rapidly,

This is a very expensive and long-term endeavor.

The insurgents are thinking in terms of years. It took 10 years in Afghanistan to evict the Soviets. We're thinking in terms of months, and that causes problems,

I'm very concerned because this could be the first situation in many, many years in which we do not consider and pass an authorization bill.

Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.

if you've got competent units ... they're basically militias in national uniforms, and you're uncertain of whose orders they're taking, that's not the security force you want.

I certainly will support all efforts to win. We have no choice, ... But I think we've put ourselves in a position where we've made a choice where everything is to lose and very little to gain.

The growth in the economy is not going to families, ... It's in stark contrast to what happened during the Clinton Administration.

The financial crisis is a stark reminder that transparency and disclosure are essential in today's marketplace.

All of them work together to help kids.