Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.

As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women elected to serve in the new National Assembly.

My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history.

After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream.

President Bush and his administration have tried to pull the wool over our eyes and distract the public from this possibly illegal domestic spying scandal.

The Constitution is like my old blue dress ... it doesn't fit anymore.

Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage.

I also believe our country made a promise to veterans and their families. Veterans have kept their end of the bargain, and now, the VA is looking to pull out the rug.

Our brave men and women are fighting around the world and they deserve relief.

Today's tax cuts provide yet another illustration of the Republicans' fiscally irresponsible economic policies that ignore the needs of America's middle class, students, and working families.

The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created.

Your heart is the compass, Your soul is the journey...

I've come to learn, and to establish mine in that same place i come from. Staying in my school place makes me always a student.

I was only 44, which is childhood philosophy.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Healing is an inside job.

Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think.

I wanted people to connect with the lyrics, even if it's in some weird way, because they're all personal.

In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory.

The only thing you can be is yourself nothing more nothing less

If I like you, I'm going to tell you. I'm a hugger, even with men: I'm just very deep.