Tax reform and expanded trade are going to be so important to the economy of Illinois, particularly the 11th Congressional District, which is a major manufacturing and a major agricultural district.

Make it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime.

Today the House has a chance to give 25 million married couples the best Valentine's Day gift possible, elimination from the most unfair of taxes, the marriage tax penalty.

Restrict bankruptcy rules.

Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life.

The tax code can be used to eliminate the toll booths on the information superhighway.

We need military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism.

Being broken is to try break a law

Love starts when peace begins.

you know the way of the wind in the night—the desolate alleys my soul takes

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

You don't share the things you're forced to share [on a movie set].

People like me, LB, the truly great ones ... we are always alone.

When somebody tells you he or she is leading something, a fair question is, "What is your vision?"

The purpose of life is to matter and be ever mindful of the opportunities that we can both individually and collectively provide for others.

I thought everybody could sing, because everybody in my family could.

It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth.