The following statement was released from Representative Jim Ryan, New Hampshire Chair for Biden for President:

“Tonight, we witnessed a great man, a great American, and a great friend of mine fight a proud fight out in Iowa. He didn’t spend millions of dollars, he didn’t throw the mud, and when the dust settles tomorrow, nobody will question Senator Biden’s conviction, nobody will question his passion, nobody will question his experience, and nobody will question his integrity.

“The problems that we faced at the beginning of the day are the same now. We need to get our troops out of Iraq responsibly, we need to change our policy towards Pakistan and ensure that nuclear weapons will not fall into the hands of terrorists, we need to make sure that our children have health care, that we fix No Child Left Behind so that we can actually educate our children and give teachers the support that they need, and that we restore America’s moral authority.

“Senator Biden has stood entire life for those who didn’t have a voice, in his authoring of the Violence Against Women Act and his call for support for the countless victims of genocide in Bosnia under Milosevic. 

“I am proud to have had the opportunity to have come to know Senator Biden, to have worked with and to help shape the debate in this race.”

Desmoinesregister.com 

Oskaloosa, Ia. “A presidential election with so much at stake regarding the United States standing in a tumultuous world should not end with a president with expertise limited to domestic issues”, Sen. Joe Biden said today.

“I think the American people intuitively know there is one thing you do not want based on the past 15 years. You don’t want a governor who doesn’t know about foreign policy”, he said to a crowd of about 35 who listened to him for an hour and a half here at Smokey Row Coffeehouse.
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The News Journal,  Nicole Gaudiano

WASHINGTON - A bill including Sen. Joe Biden’s plan for a political solution in Iraq will now go before President Bush for his signature after passing both houses of Congress.

Biden’s nonbinding bipartisan resolution, stating the United States should support a federalist form of government in Iraq that’s based on the Iraqi constitution, was an amendment to the 2008 Defense Authorization Act, which passed the Senate Friday.

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CNN.com  December 13, 2007

CAROLYN WASHBURN, EDITOR, DES MOINES REGISTER: Hello. I’m Carolyn Washburn, editor of the Des Moines Register. And welcome to day two of our Des Moines Register debates.
Today we’re going to talk with six Democratic candidates for president of the United States. These candidates have spent a lot of time together on stage in debates and forums. They have spent months in Iowa, and Iowans have had a lot of opportunity to ask them questions and look them in the eye.

Still, half Iowa Democrats who say they’re likely to caucus also say they may still change their minds.

So as we wrestle our way down to these last 21 days, we looked at the issues not getting a lot of attention and issues Iowans said they wanted to know more about. And that is where we’re going to focus most of our time today.

First, let’s welcome our candidates: Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina and Senator Hillary Clinton of New York.

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Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) issued the following statement today after the Senate failed to limit farm subsidies: 

“Family farmers are an integral part of the American tradition and our nation’s economy. The subsidy payment system is broken.  Just 10 percent of farmers get 70 percent of payments. I’m disappointed by the outcome of today’s vote, failing to put new limits on farm subsidies. Subsidies should do what they were designed to do, help in times of trouble – provide assistance when prices are low or when there is a disaster – not help the big get bigger at the expense of the family farmer.”