Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being. The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

National Guard soldiers, as you know, give up their jobs, their time with their family, make sacrifices to make sure this country is safe.

Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form of government set up by our Founding Fathers.

The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

The bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth.

In fact, there are more homeowners today than ever before in the history of our Nation and more minority homeowners than ever before in the history of our Nation.

My constituents in Kansas know the death tax is a duplicative tax on small businesses and family farms that, in many cases, families have spent generations building.

Ten years ago, Republicans decided it was time to reform our broken welfare system and give welfare recipients the tools they needed to escape the system and build a better life.

I am shocked by the easy attitude of many in the media towards disclosing our Nation's secrets.

I have more guns than I need and not as many as I want.

Earmarks are supposed to be bad. But they don't increase spending.

We would all believe in God if he served our every whim. Belief is not about an easy life or even truth. Belief is something you have regardless.

I was a huge Muppet fan growing up, but that was the extent of my puppet knowledge. I really loved the art form and the whole Henson universe.

If you can't drink a lobbyist's whiskey, take his money, sleep with his women and still vote against him in the morning, you don't belong in politics.

The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where that's not possible to ensure that there is an alternative to violence.

Also, I used to think that one day I might get someone to iron my shirts, but the truth is I really like doing them myself.

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.

Hatred as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.

It is a heavy downpour of rain which drenches the soil to fullness; likewise only a profuse shower of love can overcome hatred.

If nothing else, now we knew where to find each other, even if only time would tell if either of us would ever come looking.

If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in mine arms.