It is easy to see how after receiving this adoration for a term or two most members become convinced they are indispensable.

All change starts with a distant rumble at the grassroots level.

The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

One poll showed that Americans have a higher opinion of witches, the IRS and hemorrhoids than Congress

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

When I came to Washington, I was troubled to observe so many similarities between the behaviors of drug-addicted patients and my political colleagues. In Washington power is like morphine.

Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.

Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.

The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and money became everything. Money treated us as if we were things, and we died.

When I am lost in the wonder of nature, my life is vivacious.

Koch's youthful idealism about libertarianism had largely devolved into a rationale for corporate self-interest.

There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude.

Fashion is a completely international business.

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

I'll keep making videos as long as they're fun and can get better!

I'm sorry," he says, "for that time I kissed you at that party and for that time at the wedding and more than anything for the thousand times that I wanted to and didn't have the guts to.

For me, fiction's great gift - to writer and reader, alike - is freedom.

and when he kissed me i didn't know what to do.