Throughout his career, Tom Delay has been a controversial, divisive and ethically challenged figure, … He has brought disrepute on the House of Representatives, and his leadership hasn’t been good for the institution.

Emergency-response management should be based on career expertise and not political connections,

Instead of forcing polluters to pay to clean up the mess they have made, the Republicans have made it easier for them to pollute our air and our water,

Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.

This is an opportunity for the delegation to bring all the federal officials and federal entities to the table and assure (the) people of Colorado we’re prepared,

We’re engaged in an expensive war overseas, we’re spending more than we take in, and even the rosiest economic predictions forecast annual budget deficits in the range of $300 billion for years to come. It...

It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible to me that despite volumes of documentation and living witnesses who can attest to the horrors of the Holocaust, there are still those who would deny it.

In this case, it seems pretty obvious Mr. Brown just doesn’t have the expertise or experience to head FEMA,

It’s essential for us to respond to the devastation brought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But as we do, we should consider and respond to the fiscal and economic risks we have been running,

President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and...

I haven’t inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.

Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life… The law needs to be clear...

Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world’s most deadly and disabling diseases.

My concern was it would be subsumed in this very unwieldy bureaucratic entity, … Most people (now) think what happened was what was predicted would happen.

I want to assure . . . (that) the state and federal agencies are coordinating their efforts,

The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines – not to send more troops to Iraq – but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.

I think there’s an urgent need for both the administration and Congress to face hard reality and not continue with budget policies based on . . . defying the laws of fiscal gravity.

They are trying to weaken enforcement of the Clean Air Act — a step the American Lung Association says is the most harmful and unlawful air pollution initiative ever undertaken by the federal government,

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders – but how we go about securing them is also important.

Patience in the Congress is running thin thinner. Certainly, privately, there are a lot more conversations occurring across party lines about Iraq.

Precisely because of Hubble’s extraordinary contributions in the past and promised contributions in the future, I… believe it is important that the decision to cancel the planned servicing mission to Hubble be reviewed by an...

While expanding market access for American industry, financial markets and farmers is critical, I believe it needs to be done responsibly, accounting for the treatment and protection of workers and the environment.

Barney Frank [D-Mass.] warned me that if we were working out, people would think we weren’t working. I told him that in my district [which includes Boulder, Colo., and mountain resort towns of the Western...

The problem isn’t ex-members (of Congress), or future members or even lobbyists. The problem is lodged in the way the (Congress) does its business, and we have to reform ourselves. Public opinion, public spotlight can...

On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my...

He shouldn’t get a medal and he shouldn’t get a promotion; he should get his walking papers, … I think it is pretty clear that he should not have been hired in the first place.

[Calling for a] new direction on the environment … trying to weaken enforcement of the Clean Air Act.

When our Homeland Security Alert System goes to orange, our state and local governments’ budgets go into the red. I fear the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress are sacrificing homeland security and other needs...

We’ve all heard the stories about people cutting their pills in half, choosing between paying for drugs and paying for food, or forgoing the medications altogether. These folks shouldn’t be faced with these choices at...

It’s a 100 percent sure bet, drilling would change everything in this area, and it will never be wilderness again.

There is still this ‘Lords of Yesteryear’ mentality that tries to keep holding on to resource policies that were designed a century ago.

an urgent need . . . to face hard reality.

We are, in sum, much safer than we were, and I say that as someone who lives just three miles from the site.