I have an obligation to fight and to fight hard for what I believe in and for the progressive principles that we are supposed to defend.

There are so many women on the floor of Congress, it looks like a mall.

I think most people… would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they could have the same economy they had when Bill Clinton was president.

The economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery.

We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative.

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book.

But as important as the job to be done by government in the neighborhoods, the people must also be involved.

Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances – and bringing emerging powers into this community so future conflict becomes less likely.

Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that.

But Hale’s warning the President about going to Dallas was that there was great infighting among the members of the Democratic party and the Democratic stars in the state and he didn’t want the President...

We can still find middle ground, truly secure our borders, deal with those already here and address our labor needs. But those who advocate giving current illegal aliens and future guest workers a special path...

To keep America competitive in the global economy, telecommunications companies will be expected to invest heavily in infrastructure.

Extremely violent and dangerous criminal gangs like MS-13 and drug smugglers are crossing our southern borders in growing numbers.

The U.S. has the finest research scientists in the world, but we are falling far behind other countries, like South Korea and Singapore, that are moving forward with embryonic stem cell research.

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?

I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going...

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one.

Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they’re not teaching because of the financial rewards.

You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.

Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.

Consumers are increasingly feeling that they are being taken for a ride.

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.

We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere.

I had hoped to let the one-half cent sales tax sunset this year, but we do not believe revenues will grow as fast as we hoped for the rest of the year.

Keith, I think what happened is that Jesse Jackson ran around the block and tried to get out in front of a parade that was already on the march.

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.

I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it’s their money. They said it’s not their money; it’s my mother’s money. Well that’s what’s wrong with the system.

The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.

I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.

For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.

Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF.

We are also looking to Canada as we continue to integrate the North American energy market.

In fact, there are more homeowners today than ever before in the history of our Nation and more minority homeowners than ever before in the history of our Nation.

The one thing that I have been struck with, after coming here to Congress is, how many people in Washington, D.C. talk about job loss like they are talking about the weather, or a natural...

I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them.

Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Interne is making an end run around talk radio. Suddenly we’re faced with an information age.

And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you’re healthier than if you don’t. In fact, there’s no science that shows that...

My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.

If I were assigned poems I suppose I’d write more of them but it is entirely voluntary and for the most part ignored in the market sense of the word so the language to me...

It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and whoever heard of a place haunted by a noble deed, or of beautiful and lovely...

I promised her an interesting life and good food, and the rest is history.

In my judgment, the greatest risks are international terrorist groups like al Qaeda and Hezbollah. The war in Iraq has taken our attention off those priorities.

We in Congress need to support the American forces in every conceivable way, giving them the tools to continue to convert, capture or kill terrorists and the time to equip the Iraqi security forces.

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.

Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life, no matter what the project.

The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control...

The Clinton tax increase – which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people – not only made the tax code more nearly progressive, it preceded one of the most productive economic periods in...