President Bush's proposal to focus our resources on sending humans to Mars is intriguing, but it is not the most compelling reason that Americans ought to focus our interest on the Red Planet.

The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.

We clearly need to break our addiction on Saudi Arabian oil that is a security threat to the United States.

Because the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market in the West Coast starting in 2000.

Healing is a moral thing to do.

What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.'

I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts.

If this ice melts in Greenland it can shut down the Gulf Current.

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.

Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie.

Some men borrow books some men steal books and others beg presentation copies from the author.

As a rule, she didn’t like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.

The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in the cage.

There's no liquor in the land that can stop your brain from bleedin

Give me a glazed doughnut, and a bottle of anything... to go!

When I hear Hillary Clinton talking about what she is planning to do, why hasn't she done it for the last 30 years?

Security isn't what I hunger for. I hunger for change. I hunger for connection.

"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.

Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.