We in the majority have worked hard to empower people to create opportunities, to make jobs, to do things that turn America into a place where people can achieve their dreams.

Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.

North Carolina, particularly the 8th District, has long played a key role in our Nation's military forces.

With over 1 billion users and counting worldwide, the Internet has quickly become a critical place for individuals, business communities and governments to share and distribute information.

Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community.

As we are all aware, Special Operations Forces, SOF, are playing an increasingly essential role as we continue to fight and, more importantly, win the war on terror.

So, yes, we do celebrate America today because the majority will stand up and empower the American people to live that American Dream and to be part of making a better, freer, and safer world.

Today the Internet is run by private sector interests within the United States under the supervision of a nonprofit entity formed by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The Internet was developed in large part by U.S. government research funding to develop new communications networks, starting with a network created by the Department of Defense.

I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in.

Your life becomes precious when you use your thoughts and actions to make someone precious in your life.

Shit happens. You can either stand their and complain about the smell or you can wipe your shoe and keep walking.

Read good books to improve yourself.

Our choices decide our direction and carve a path for our personal lives and our careers.

You never have to suffer because of, or be denatured by, another person, even someone you love.

I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.

A screenwriter is much like being a fire hydrant with a bunch of dogs lined up around it.

It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.

Have you seen the Vatican wall? It's over 50-feet high. It's over 50-feet high. It's not even the kind of wall [Donald] Trump's talking about building.

William Tavener never heeded ominous forecasts in the domestic horizon, and he never looked for a storm until it broke.