Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.

Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.

Methamphetamine is a highly dangerous drug that is wreaking havoc on families and communities throughout this country. The drug's use is spreading across the United States.

We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.

I have heard repeated stories of meth users leaving their children unattended for days as they cook, use and then sleep off the intense effects of methamphetamine.

Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.

As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to represent the needs of our agriculture community.

And we need to maintain our foothold in the fight against terrorism and terrorist groups and respond to any degradation of Iraqi security or stability.

As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring.

Now more than ever, America needs an agenda for real change.

I strongly support tax relief for the middle class.

One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously but to take it seriously one must be already mad.

When you get kicked in the teeth, chew on it: don't bite back.

Until pains are endured, depressions surmounted, mockeries ignored and goliaths conquered, destiny might not be achieved

I love to chase my shadow to feel how it rests in the dark.

The creation of a painting takes as much trickery and premeditation as the commitment of a crime.

I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.

We're the only creature God ever created that doesn't want to adapt. We want to make it stand still. And one thing that's constant is nature is constantly changing.

I care about the human race, and I strive to understand it.

I pictured my mom, alone in our little apartment on the Upper East Side. I tried to remember the smell of her blue waffles in the kitchen. It seemed so far away.

Parenting is the greatest of hum-a-few-bars-and-I'll-fake-it skills.