Most of us would never consider getting our car repaired without first receiving an estimate of the charges, but this is exactly what we do when we need to go to a hospital for treatment.

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.

More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.

Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.

The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.

Reliable data on the outsourcing of American jobs is sorely missing from the debate on globalization.

Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries.

With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

The hydrogen powered car, with its high fuel mileage and zero emission rate, is just one example of the products under development that will help increase our energy independence.

Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.

You will understand the true spirit neither of science nor of religion unless seeking is placed in the forefront.

She remembered the conversation in the Library, as forgetting was the last thing a fully-trained Librarian should do. Memories were as important as books, and almost as important as proper indexing.

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.

There cannot be any impediment to science that will ultimately be good to the general public.

We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.

It was long ago in my life as a simple reporter that I decided that facts must never get in the way of truth.

It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.

I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business.

Once out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make