American families, families back home in Minnesota, know only too well that out-of-pocket expenses for health care have been rising at an astonishing rate.

The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety.

I am pleased to launch the Friends of Thailand Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Embryonic stem cell research will prolong life, improve life and give hope for life to millions of people.

As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million Americans suffering the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction.

I strongly support the call to greatly expand our human intelligence capability to penetrate al Qaeda and gather critical intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks on our homeland.

The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

You never lose Friends.Real ones will always stay - no matter whatand the fakes, you don't need anyways.

When you know every well what to do and how to do it, your attitude determines how well you will have it done!

You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.

Black are the brooding clouds and troubled the deep waters, when the Sea of Thought, first heaving from a calm, gives up its Dead

To build means to make architecture real on the borders of knowledge.

Maybe I will go to Paris. Who knows? But I’ll sure as hell never Go back to Texas again

Your urge to control life controls you.

I've been a DJ, janitor, ditch digger, waitress, computer instructor, programmer, mechanic, web developer, clerk, manager, marketing director, tour guide and dorm manager, among other things.

I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.

Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.