I have heard repeated stories of meth users leaving their children unattended for days as they cook, use and then sleep off the intense effects of methamphetamine.

Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.

Methamphetamine is a highly dangerous drug that is wreaking havoc on families and communities throughout this country. The drug's use is spreading across the United States.

We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.

Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.

Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.

As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to represent the needs of our agriculture community.

And we need to maintain our foothold in the fight against terrorism and terrorist groups and respond to any degradation of Iraqi security or stability.

As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring.

Now more than ever, America needs an agenda for real change.

I strongly support tax relief for the middle class.

Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.

Learn what you are and be such.

Getting to share the stories in my head with other people and have them enjoy those stories, and having them come to see my characters as real. That's so cool.

The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide.

Gender equality is more successful than armed force.

Poetry has a way of teaching one what one needs to know ... if one is honest.

What a wonderful thing it is that drop of seed, from which we are produced, bears in itself the impressions, not only of the bodily shape, but of the thoughts and inclinations of our fathers!

I'm very driven by writing.

The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud.

We've got to alter our fossil fuel dependence and go to other energy sources.