Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.

Yesterday I, along with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of lawmakers, inspected the detention facilities at Guantanamo used to house individuals detained in the War on Terrorism.

With this announcement today, the Army has made it clear what we have known all along - that Fort Riley is truly the crown jewel of the United States Army.

The United States is not a nation based upon race, creed, or religion - we are a nation based upon our loyalty and allegiance to our country and her principles.

I am concerned about the growing problem of sexual abuse and exploitation of our children.

I learned, one, you shouldn't ever quit. And I learned, two, you'll never be able to explain it to anybody

We have a strong agricultural heritage in Kansas.

Skyrocketing insurance premiums are debilitating our Nation's health care delivery system and liability insurers are either leaving the market or raising rates to excessive levels.

By finding waste and abuse in entitlement programs, and eliminating it, we can ensure that the funds that are put into these programs go to the people that need them the most.

Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.

After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world.

If a house be divided against itself that house cannot stand.

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

People get married when they're 18 and spend their whole lives together. I think their greatest fear is that someone will see it as a fling because they were young and it didn't mean anything.

Assent - and you are sane - Demur - and you're straightaway dangerous - and handled with a chain.

I think that if you walk through this life and I end up being a bad father, then it won't matter anything else I achieved in my life. It will all be irrelevant.

The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet.

All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.

I don't want to be a professional cripple. And I don't see the suicide stuff as tragic.

The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.

I'll get into a pattern where I start sleeping only between 12 and 3.30, and go for weeks like that.