I'm leaving because I want to spend more time with my wife in Chicago.

I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met.

Our nation's infrastructure needs are tremendous, and they're growing.

Beyond highways and roads, we need more money for mass transit, intercity passenger rail and freight rail. We have a long way to go to bridge the funding gaps.

Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods.

Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation's freight rail system create many problems.

Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them.

It is an economic fact that predicting the future is most valuable when everybody thinks you are wrong

How can I be myself, when others expect me to be someone else?

I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.

When I retired out of the military, I registered myself as a Republican because my views and perspectives were more in line with that party.

You can't say "the people of Aleppo" because the majority of the people of Aleppo are living in the area under the control of the government, so you cannot talk about the people of Aleppo.

The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics.

Sadness puts my heart in a prison.

They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up!

God does not demand that I be successful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important.