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

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.

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.

The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent.

Perfect God, Prince of Peace.

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No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once.

Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

A hole is a hole has always been my motto.

It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.

Eventually cancer becomes just another annoying thing that you deal with, you know, like cellulite.

It is a great blessing to be able to forget, but it takes a lot of wisdom to know what should be forgotten.

Having a normal person around me made it poingnantly clear to me that I was out of control.