Insurgents throughout Iraq continue to threaten our efforts and pose a danger to stability in the region. They fight not for their country, but rather against ours.

We should not forget, no matter how we quantify it: 'Freedom is not free.' It is a painful lesson, but one from which we have learned in the past and one we should never forget.

The current system punishes communities which make the investment in creating landfills, only to have them filled by states which refuse to adequately address their waste issues.

Specifically, the growing threat that sexual predators pose to our Nation's children and their families represents an area where our criminal justice system has failed the American people.

In addition, each barrel of oil we save through conservation further decreases our dangerous reliance on unstable Middle East oil.

The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history.

I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer.

As the cost of gasoline rises and our dependence on foreign oil continues to increase, the effect of sending over $100 billion each year to OPEC nations hurts every American.

Enrolling in the Medicare Prescription Drug Program will be a great savings for most senior citizens.

Americans in all places and levels of government have begun to consider the areas where we need to prepare ourselves from future threats, including the latest weapon: bio-terror.

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.

Control is an advertising concept.

The first secret of getting what you want is knowing what you want.

Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.

Just take a look around you: Blood is flowing in rivers and in such a jolly way you’d think it was champagne.

We should like those whom we love to receive all their happiness, or, if this were impossible, all their unhappiness from our hands.

What good is a secret if it remains a secret ... Secrets are meant to be discovered.

There is no straightforward negotiation with a four year old.

I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.

Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news.

When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!