We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign donors of powerful members of Congress.

One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement and communities nationwide on the issues of child safety and Internet safety.

Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been a vibrant democracy with a democratically elected president and legislature.

Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.

There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.

More needs to be done to take the fight to the enemy and secure our borders against the terrorist threat. We need more protection on land, sea and air.

Today, I will vote in support of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I shall do so because like President Bush, I strongly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

None of the things I have done would have been accomplished without a true team effort.

With 1.7 million private sector jobs lost and half a million jobs shipped overseas over the past three years, we must take action to spur job creation and restore economic prosperity.

Mr. Speaker, in seeking to return to the United Nations, the Republic of China on Taiwan will once again ask diplomatic allies to present its case before the United Nations this fall.

We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our future in space.

Expect nothing but be ready for everything.

Acceptance is the letter sealed within the envelope of inner peace. - Charmainism

I love everything about the holidays: the decorations, the parties, and spending time with friends and family. What I love most is that feeling of giving back. Every bit counts.

Just hold me please,” she replied. I’d hold her forever if I could.

I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically.

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal

I'd much prefer to write more quickly.

My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they've been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it.

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth.

Science, also, is most largely indebted to these beauty-loving Greeks, for truth is one form of loveliness.