Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001 are eligible for federally funded research.

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.

In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden.

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities

Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response

The power of grace transforms the heart of men.

We seek salvation through religion. But more often than not, religion fills our head with hatred and empties our heart of love.

I feel that whoever isn't feeling settled in their career won't think about their marriage.

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]

Love is the easiest thing there is. It's the layers of doubt, fear, and expectation that make it complicated.

Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Donald Trump is communicating with people in America who've felt like they have not been listened to.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

My standpoint is armed neutrality.

When the polar ice caps melt, my recording studio will rise up like an ark, and I'll float off into the drowned world like a character from a J.G. Ballard novel.