If we dont continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader.

As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers on the Internet.

I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions.

I do think that Social Security reform needs to be bipartisan, and we are going to have to reach that in this debate at some time before we can find really meaningful reform.

Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of Science in particular.

Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income.

There is no disputing that Lincoln was a great man.

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one.

If we don't continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.

what is the use of a book, ' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'"- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 1

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth

We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.

Sometimes I laugh with my parents, and sometimes I yell at them, and both are therapeutic.

I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.

We’re all dying, Cassel. It’s just that some of us are dying faster than others.

I don't like to compare years, honestly. I think every year is a different experience, a different challenge. You grow. You evolve as a person and as a player.

Being a man with a conscience I simply felt that I had to do something - anything! - about the world we live in.