It is a happy coincidence between what my constituents believe and my interests.

The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.

We clearly need to break our addiction on Saudi Arabian oil that is a security threat to the United States.

Because the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market in the West Coast starting in 2000.

Healing is a moral thing to do.

What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.'

I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts.

If this ice melts in Greenland it can shut down the Gulf Current.

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.

Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie.

You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light.

Disbelief is easy, Kane. It’s faith that takes courage, and character.

Ravens bring things to people. We're like that. It's our nature. We don't like it.

I could still turn back before I pass the last houses and really have to commit to this.

Until women themselves reject stigma and refuse to feel shame for the way others treat them, they have no hope of achieving full human stature.

Our molting season, like that of the fouls, must be a crisis in our lives.

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

Charity work shouldn't be bragged about. It's just something you're supposed to do...I do it because I feel like that's what God wanted me to do. It's as simple as that.

The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.

The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.