In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children.

Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers.

In states where no regulation exists, anyone is permitted to perform medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures, sometimes after just a few weeks of on-the-job training.

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

In recent years, research into the prevention and treatment of arthritis has led to measures that successfully reduce pain and improve the quality of life for millions.

Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture.

Twenty-first century medicine must not be confined to a twentieth-century bureaucracy.

The current lack of a national standard for operators of medical imaging and radiation therapy equipment poses a hazard to American patients and jeopardizes quality health care.

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice.

Millions of Americans every year depend upon medical imaging exams to diagnose disease and detect injury, and thousands more rely on radiation therapy to treat and cure their cancers.

If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function.

A live broke man is 'luckier' than a dead rich man.

When they are among us cats are angels

Genius is a light which makes the darkness visible, like the lightning's flash, which perchance shatters the temple of knowledge itself.

Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection.

You cannot change what you refuse to confront.

Dedicated to my brother Richard with all my heart.

Oh, boy. I'm still in touch with about 90 percent of my exes. They would describe me as being unlucky in love.

Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door.

Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn't comic at all. The comic element works as a surprise. It is unexpected and energizing.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.