As an integral part of the Department of Agriculture, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service monitors our Nation's agriculture to protect against agricultural pests and diseases.

Like the vast majority of my constituents, I continue to be concerned about record profits reported by petroleum companies at a time when consumers are paying record high prices for gasoline.

I'm not going anywhere. I will be here for a very long time.

CBS's halftime show during the 2004 Super Bowl was a new low for television.

Until the Chinese decide to compete fairly it will be up to us to do what we can to further protect our manufacturing base, and ensure we keep the good paying jobs we already have.

I've got a lot of folks who want to get rid of TSA, a bunch of them.

As the Pentagon makes plans for the largest troop rotation since World War II, I will work with the Armed Services Committee to help make this proposal a reality.

Brown v. Board is the foundation by which all Americans can look for hope - hope for their children, hope for their families, and hope for a better future.

Most of all, we should remember all of us are capable of individually helping advance the spirit of equality for all.

I'm the chairman of the intelligence committee. We don't only get formal briefings, but we collect our information from the intelligence community in a variety of ways.

Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.

Be grateful that yesterday ended well

If you talked to your friends the way you talk to your body, you’d have no friends left at all.

You can't kill me. Even if you could, you can't bring yourself to do it. You'll hesitate. Again.

With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless.

We just have to be ourselves.

You can widen the feet of a compass, but they are still attached at the top; you can spin them away from each other, but you always wind up where you started.

If I came out a photographer it's because I knew about painting, composition, and the handling of light.

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast.

But I it doesn't matter who scores the goals so long as we win.