This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.

There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.

This isn't all going to be done in one day, either.

Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.

Just when you think [Donald Trump] can stoop no lower, he does.

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.

After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control.

American leadership looks to the world and just as Lincoln did sees the family of man. Humanity is not a zero-sum game.

Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.

For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.

It's going to take a while for some of these things.

Anyone who tries to put fear in a heart, has lost their heart to fear.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

I was confused as a kid. I was confused about my sexual identity.

Writing is a strong easement for perplexity. My life is a map, spread out with all the rivers and hills showing.

I take a jazz class and I also take just a regular exercise class with a man who gives me acupressure treatments. It's just stretching and elongating the muscles.

After all, once you know that part of something exists, it stands to reason that the rest of it is somewhere out there, too.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

Striving can be more important than arriving.

Growing up in the Northwest, I did play in an all-girl band. I snuck into clubs. No one ever questioned or thought twice about it.

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.