I always try to keep my constituents as up-to-date as possible with what's going on here in Washington.

The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research.

I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights.

After 9/11, the businesses in my district and throughout the New York metropolitan area saw firsthand the result of a lack of availability of terrorism insurance.

Our Nation's immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants.

You can be sure that I will always consider how changes to Social Security will impact people with disabilities when considering the various proposals offered for reform.

Plus, 40% of our debt is owned by foreign interest. I can't support a plan that passes along cost burden to our children and makes us more reliant on foreign dollars.

I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined.

As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%.

I make my decisions and my judgments not based on what a prime minister of another country says, but based on what my principles tell me... how may DNA guides me.

Money makes a person significant and important, it has the ability to make us proud

And on the days I couldn't breathe, I learned to paint air.

Most people are so mind-bogglingly aggravating that it's impossible to overreact to them, even if that means killing yourself.

Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart now for anything but hate.

The most beautiful heart of all is the one that can still love even while it bleeds, and especially after its been broken into thousands of pieces

Believe me, nothing is trivial.

After the war, in which I served as a pilot in the Air Force, I took up films.

Deep frying a Twinkie makes it healthy, right?

The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

The third always speaks the unspeakable words.