In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001 are eligible for federally funded research.

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities

Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response

May you have the courage, confidence and commitment to achieve your goals.

Success takes the courage to know who you really are and be comfortable with that.

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

All children, except one, grow up.

I'm a procrastinator. That's a pretty bad habit.

The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world.

The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20 years by radical conservatives.

There is one guaranteed formula for failure, and that is to try to please everyone.