As a Member of Congress from one of the fastest growing States in the country, we hire close to 2,500 new teachers a year, close to 5,000 support staff and faculty.

The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.

Interestingly, the American Embassy mentioned that our efficient relief effort has significantly improved the image of the United States among the Pakistani people.

In fact, 37 percent of all United States Nobel Prize winners in the 20th century have been representatives of the Jewish community.

It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads.

Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens.

With everything it has to offer, Las Vegas is an obvious destination for tourists, as proven by the over 40 million visitors the city welcomes per year.

We have an epidemic of sexual predators following our children, whether it be on the computers, whether it be in our public parks, whether it be in the workplace, or even our schools.

We were impressed with the size and scope of the Persian Gulf as we traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan.

We are fortunate to have some of the greatest and best teachers in the world, but we want to make sure that those few that try to sneak through the system are caught in advance.

Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives.

The shift from thinking that I must feel forgiveness to the practice of repetitive giving forgiveness has helped me in my healing journey.

Not realizing that I craved his warmth, his nearness, until he was gone.

Sweat saves blood.

I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.

I am learning by the week, but my poesy is still not my own. New rhyme, new me me me in words. I am not all this carven rhetoric.

Free yourself emotionally - to be emotionally resilient is the best defense against growing rigid.

Surfeits kill more than fasting does.

Most books about Stanley Kubrick were written by people who never met him and gathered information from articles written by others who didn't know him either.

It's not like there's a law against flying." "Yes there is. The law of gravity.

It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.