As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.

I fully support the goal of species protection and conservation and believe that recovery and ultimately delisting of species should be the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's top priority under ESA.

House Democrats have tried to increase port security funding on this House floor four times over the last 4 years, and House Republicans have defeated our efforts every single time.

In 2003, Congress authorized the construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Memorial to help provide information and educate the public about the memorial and the Vietnam War.

Our constituents paid into Social Security, and they want it paid back to them when they retire. Cutting Social Security benefits that Americans have earned should always be a last resort.

Have faith in your own instinct and your own truth.

Have you chosen to accept what life has given you, or are you choosing to create your life? There is a powerful difference.

May you discover your sacred-self.

Everyone has gods. You just don't think they're gods.

To write a good love letter you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say and to finish without knowing what you have written.

Democracy doesn't work unless the public is informed.

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Yahweh is presented in the Jewish Bible as stateless and nationless. He can’t be used as a totem or fetish in that way.

The best that can be said about embryonic stem cell research is that it is scientific exploration into the potential benefits of killing human beings.

My work may feature brown faces but it could be anybody's story.