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.

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.

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.

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.

Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.

And so the dentist says 'Rinse.' So you lean over, and you're lookin' at this miniature toilet bowl.

Life is nothing but a few ecstatic dancing atoms.

Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.

Technology changes the medium. I grew up on watching a box in my living room that made my parents happy. After something is gone, the dust will settle and I'll see what's next.

The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.

Swan, by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.

I'm up for re-election in 2014, and yes I do plan to run for re-election.

I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done.

Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.