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.

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.

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

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 more you overthink the less you will understand.

People are not interested in truths

THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE, LIES WILL PUT YOU INTO PRISON

God, grant us our desires, and grant them quickly.

You know this old style of American family series? Well, I sit there and cry.

Non-Newtonian calculi... have considerable potential as alternative approaches to traditional problems.

I'm always having ideas. I'd like to continue being able to realise the ideas I have.

Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did.

I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

Nothing in this world is so marvelous as the transformation that a soul undergoes when the light of faith descends upon the light of reason.