We need to get our sons and daughters home and their responsibility for the security of Iraq needs to be assumed by Iraqis who will stand up and toe the line for their countries.

The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.

We clearly need to break our addiction on Saudi Arabian oil that is a security threat to the United States.

Because the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market in the West Coast starting in 2000.

Healing is a moral thing to do.

What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.'

I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts.

If this ice melts in Greenland it can shut down the Gulf Current.

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.

Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie.

Fate pulls you in different directions

My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

Will raised both eyebrows. 'Well, you learn a new thing everyday,' he said reflectively. 'In your case, that's no exaggeration,' Halt said, completely straight-faced.

People will always show their true selves in the end.

No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.

I enjoy making the decisions.

They do most by Books, who could do much without them, and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the substantial Man.

People always think American politics is very different, but usually it is a predictor of what happens in the politics elsewhere.

You don't get 5 years to build a team any more. You get 2 if you're lucky.