The Constitution is like my old blue dress ... it doesn't fit anymore.

As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women elected to serve in the new National Assembly.

My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history.

After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream.

President Bush and his administration have tried to pull the wool over our eyes and distract the public from this possibly illegal domestic spying scandal.

Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage.

I also believe our country made a promise to veterans and their families. Veterans have kept their end of the bargain, and now, the VA is looking to pull out the rug.

Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.

Our brave men and women are fighting around the world and they deserve relief.

Today's tax cuts provide yet another illustration of the Republicans' fiscally irresponsible economic policies that ignore the needs of America's middle class, students, and working families.

The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created.

Hating is easy. It's loving that's hard

Whatever doubt might rise, he knew that he was right. But the rightness was an intellectual rightness and the doubt emotional.

The best way to divulge a secret is to tell someone not to say anything about it.

Women. You tell me they're not all witches, and I'll tell you you haven't been paying attention.

Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, And burned is Apollo's laurel bough, That sometime grew within this learned man. Faustus is gone.

As you grow older, you'll find that you enjoy talking to strangers far more than to your friends.

Every human brain is both a broadcasting and receiving station for the vibration of thought.

Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.

A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.

China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world.