Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

Energy companies, such as Chevron and Shell, and oil producing countries, such as Kuwait and Venezuela, pump crude oil from their vast land holdings and sell it on the world market

Many talk about a guest worker program. I think most reasonable people believe that a guest worker program in the farming industry, perhaps in the gardening and landscape industries, is reasonable.

Hospitals must provide emergency treatment to all who walk through the door, regardless of their citizenship status or ability to pay.

I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years

Emergency health care for illegal aliens along the southwestern border is already costing area hospitals $200 million a year, with perhaps another $100 million in extended care costs

In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services

Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China

One of the things that most people aren't aware of when they think of the Civil War is the number of people and associated animals. (Armies) weren't mechanized. They had to rely on horses and mules.

An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid

I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.

It was like that kid had been born knowing how to read. He was only in the second grade but he loved to read stories by himself - and he never asked anybody else to read to him.

My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes me with a beady eye.

Models are the most physically insecure women on the planet.

The wolf must die in his own skin.

Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word.

For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.

Because we're old as sh*t. What do you want?

I grew up very Catholic. I wanted to be a priest.

Surely being in love doesn't cause you to lose your sense of good taste. If I ever buy a gown with sequins on it, someone just shoot me.

The whole world is one immense woman, and we are in her very womb, we are not yet born, we are joyfully ripening.