My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.

The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety.

American families, families back home in Minnesota, know only too well that out-of-pocket expenses for health care have been rising at an astonishing rate.

I am pleased to launch the Friends of Thailand Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Embryonic stem cell research will prolong life, improve life and give hope for life to millions of people.

As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million Americans suffering the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction.

I strongly support the call to greatly expand our human intelligence capability to penetrate al Qaeda and gather critical intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks on our homeland.

A twenty-three-year-long study in Ohio determined that people who saw growing older as something positive lived a whopping seven and a half years longer than those who didn’t. (356)

People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.

I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.

A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.

I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

1975 is as much a historical document as 1803.

The only difference between 'fear' and 'excitement' is what we label it.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country.