Ive introduced eight bills to fight for support for our small businesses and ensure we get funding to rebuild public housing - among other things.

There are a lot of stats and a strong correlation between dropout rates and crime as well as poverty.

High school dropout rates nationally - Not enough is being done on this issue.

Ill never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy.

Leaving American disaster victims to languish is morally reprehensible and un-American.

Keeping our kids engaged and in school must become a national priority.

I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1, 500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy.

Leadership is relationship.

You don’t create a diamond by rubbing it with fluffy bunny slippers. You need to apply pressure and heat. There are enough air-headed cheerleaders out there. We need more drill sergeants.

...just because someone is a loner, it doesn't mean they’re alone. And just because someone is alone, it doesn't mean they’re lonely.

I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.

The majority of people who come to America come to America for a better life for their family.

composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.

Writing is not a mystery. It is a craft like any other, and it can be learned.

I've been around so long, I can remember when it was a rhetorical question to ask, "Is the pope Catholic?" Now it's a legit question.

Money is economic power.

It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.