One in seven Americans lives without health insurance, and that's a truly staggering figure.

Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.

We have already seen evidence that, notwithstanding the addition of substantial resources, we are experiencing great stress in recruiting and not inconsequential retention problems.

As long as we're dependent on those fossil fuels, we're dependent on the Middle East. If we are not victims, we're certainly captives.

Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.

We are particularly interested in the mental health programs and policies that support our troops and their families before, during, and after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Since far fewer people are recruited to serve in a voluntary military, the connection between America and its military is increasingly tenuous and less personal.

Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually.

In the Armed Services Committee, we endeavored to put forth proposals that would help alleviate some of that stress, both for the troops and for their families.

One only has to look at the performance of the economy to understand how it shapes the perspective of America's youth about military service.

An uneasy past often builds the strongest and finest people.

It's so funny because I listen to songs that I recorded that I didn't really know anything about at the time. Later on I'm starting to feel the songs. Sing them first, feel them later.

Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.

The brain and its satellite glands have now been probed to the point where no particular site remains that can reasonably be supposed to harbour a nonphysical mind.

The primate laugh is given in playful contexts, and as such has a strong similarity to the human laugh.

The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality.

Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.

I don't think spending time in Ottawa is a good use of my time as the leader.

A man with an experience of God is never at the mercy of a man with an argument.

It is difficult to realize how great a part of all that is cheerful and delightful in the recollections of our own life is associated with trees.