Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods.

I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met.

Our nation's infrastructure needs are tremendous, and they're growing.

Beyond highways and roads, we need more money for mass transit, intercity passenger rail and freight rail. We have a long way to go to bridge the funding gaps.

Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation's freight rail system create many problems.

I'm leaving because I want to spend more time with my wife in Chicago.

God is the distance between light and darkness.

I only want to be famous to my friends.book: stuff i think about

Love shouldn't come with conditions.

Why should people pay good money to go out and see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

No matter how smart she appeared, she was fragile at her core.

One of the great things about working for Netflix is that they haven't placed any restrictions on content or artistically.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the office, I lie down, dream, and become 'someone else.' That's my job.