I've never been a passive person. I've always felt that, if you think something should be changed, it's your responsibility to actively pursue that change.

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.

I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.

As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.

However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and or big urban areas - that might have been true a while ago but it is no longer the case today.

Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children.

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.

Three thousand jurisdictions across the U.S. are estimated to have had gang activity in 2001. In 2002, 32% of cities with a population of 25 to 50 thousand reported a gang-related homicide.

Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment

Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising.

If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly.

Man with goatee. Man who looked like a Beatle. All the Beatles at once. Woman wearing newspaper hat. I'd grown used to how weird New Yorkers were, and I could fit them into types.

If poetry dies, nothing lives !

(In response to Java) Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going to affect anything we do at Microsoft has his head screwed on wrong.

I am the living attestation of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great nation.

We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating things for a prolonged period of time.

Rebuilding our communities where the police and citizens all see themselves as being on the same side will require contributions from all of us.

I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price you pay for freedom.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

I love bright red drinks, don’t you? They taste twice as good as any other color.

Success as a result of industry is a peasant's ideal.