Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children.

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.

I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.

As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.

However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and or big urban areas - that might have been true a while ago but it is no longer the case today.

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.

Three thousand jurisdictions across the U.S. are estimated to have had gang activity in 2001. In 2002, 32% of cities with a population of 25 to 50 thousand reported a gang-related homicide.

Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment

Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising.

If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly.

With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county

The world is not interested in titles and positions, all it wants is your creative mind and the genuinity of the work of your hands.

Losing him was like having a hole shot straight through me, a painful, constant reminder, an absence I could never fill.

You and I are the remains of an unfulfilled legacy, heirs to a kingdom of stolen identities and ragged confusion.

A child is your legacy. What better thing can you do in life than put a really good person in the world who's going to make it a better place?

The doubter is a true man of science: he doubts only himself and his interpretations, but he believes in science.

A reminder (Japan's earthquake and tsunami) how flimsy our sophisticated modern world really is

God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God

Once you eliminate quality as a requirement, the entire design process becomes a whole lot easier.

A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art.

Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.