I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the publics trust.

Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.

Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.

I like to take out the recycling because I actually feel like I'm doing something.

We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability.

Anyone who has ever asked for directions knows you need two crucial pieces of information to get good results: a starting point and a destination.

I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.

Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership.

I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.

This long-tail distribution of returns is why it's important to be bold. Big winners pay for so many experiments.

Short answer 'No, ' Long answer 'Yes, ' with a 'But

If it's sin, that's good news! Sin is the simplest thing in the world to deal with.

Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme

Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.

When I go out, I hope to leave the worst of myself at home.

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.

Stop obeying a dictator; you will then see that he is nothing! Stop obeying a king; you will then see that he is nothing! If you refuse the Devil, you will then see that he will shade away!

In imitation of our Master, we Christians are called to confront the poverty of our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to make it our own and to take practical steps to alleviate it.

One of the things that's great is that Batman is a character that lends himself to very personal stories.