Thank goodness we still have a few good men and women up on the hill.

I love it! The last two days we had Rep Don Young pleading about his personal transgression on the floor vs Sen Whitehouse talking about major issues facing this nation. Is it any suprise that many of us feel that part of Washington is broke?

When poll after poll states that the Republicans still see large constituents of support and that many of their concerns are about national defense and the protection of their way of life; Where are their cries when companies in America cause lasting harm to the fishing waters that so many enjoy, where are there cries when those chemicals which are introduced into our soils and waters place our families in danger, where are there cries when the failure of one company like DOW in this case hurts the business of others? Where are the Teddy Roosevelt Republicans?

Uh, meant "excerpts." Great speech, regardless.

I have to give credit to Senator Whitehouse for making the issue, but I'm still waiting for the rest of his fellow Senators to get on the bandwagon and start kicking some repug ass around the Washington Mall in broad daylight in front of the public.

There needs to be some significant oversight into the Bu$h administration as well as severe penalties dished out. And if Bu$h gets nasty, so should the Senate ... they need to start using their Constitutional powers to curb Bu$h and his cronies.

Unfortunately, too many politicians fear loosing their seats in the hall of Congress if they speak out so they remain silent and allow Bu$h to trash the country and its laws.

I am so grateful that Rhode Island elected Sheldon Whitehouse. From what I've heard and read, Lincoln Chafee wasn't a bad guy or Senator, and he's left the Republican party and become an independent since he lost to Whitehouse. But Whitehouse has proven himself to be an intrinsic part of the most important Senate investigations.

Whitehouse's questioning is always incisive, and I think that many people he questioned were shocked at how difficult his questions were for them to try to skirt. He may be a freshman Senator, but he's worth more than a dozen "senior" Democratic Senators I could name.

Why isn't he on those mostly useless Sunday "news" shows? Probably because he wouldn't let a lame question go by and wouldn't kowtow to the political-clusterf*ck mentality. But the things he has to tell Americans are things they need to hear.

C'mon, ABC, CBS, and CNN. Get Whitehouse on to show the public what a Senator should and can do.

Amen! You could tell Senator Whitehouse was a super-star from the very first Judiciary Committee Hearing on the U.S. Attorneys. He had charted the exponential rise in allowed contacts between the White House and the DOJ on pending criminal cases. It was a startling display which shed immediate light on the severity of the politicization process. All the other senators who had access to the same information seemed as stunned as the audience was. WOW!

I admire what he says in the clip,however,I withhold judgment until I see some consequential action taken,such as an independent prosecutor,or a job action that restores Ms.Gady`s position and fines the hell out of Dow Chemical.Perhaps even relieve Mr Johnson of his highly stressful job.(What I`ve come to expect from the Bush gang is that this creep will get promoted.)