The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety.

American families, families back home in Minnesota, know only too well that out-of-pocket expenses for health care have been rising at an astonishing rate.

I am pleased to launch the Friends of Thailand Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Embryonic stem cell research will prolong life, improve life and give hope for life to millions of people.

As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million Americans suffering the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction.

I strongly support the call to greatly expand our human intelligence capability to penetrate al Qaeda and gather critical intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks on our homeland.

Life is given to bring the will of God on earth

Dreams are a simple psychological emetic, and people who have them are more blessed than cursed

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

Perhaps I’ve been rushing my whole entire life, jumping into things headfirst without thinking them through. Running through the days without noticing the minutes.

You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that.

They call television a medium because nothing's well done.

The greatest Inventions were produced in Times of Ignorance; as the Use of the Compass, Gunpowder, and Printing; and by the dullest Nation, as the Germans.

The pinpoint flame of anger and grief becomes a hot needle, then a hot knife.It melts the frost that binds her lips.It melts the sea in her eyesss.(from uncorrected galley)

Life is a wheel, and if you wait long enough, it always comes back around to where it started.