So, yes, we do celebrate America today because the majority will stand up and empower the American people to live that American Dream and to be part of making a better, freer, and safer world.

Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.

North Carolina, particularly the 8th District, has long played a key role in our Nation's military forces.

With over 1 billion users and counting worldwide, the Internet has quickly become a critical place for individuals, business communities and governments to share and distribute information.

Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community.

As we are all aware, Special Operations Forces, SOF, are playing an increasingly essential role as we continue to fight and, more importantly, win the war on terror.

We in the majority have worked hard to empower people to create opportunities, to make jobs, to do things that turn America into a place where people can achieve their dreams.

Today the Internet is run by private sector interests within the United States under the supervision of a nonprofit entity formed by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The Internet was developed in large part by U.S. government research funding to develop new communications networks, starting with a network created by the Department of Defense.

I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in.

Friendship, neglected, is like a flower deprived of water and sunlight.

Israel has, enjoys bipartisan support - both Democrats and Republicans - and we extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans.

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps

In Hollywood the man who cleans your pool is an actor. The man who sells you your copy of Variety is an actor. I don't think there's a real person left in the place.

If my life were a song, what would it be? 'A Never Ending Road of Musical Good Times'.

There's definitely a melancholic ingredient in Cafe Tacvba concerts in the United States versus in other places.

It is my belief that politicians should not be stepping into the realm of history. Rather, politicians should be taking a future-oriented perspective.

The artistic experience, at its highest, was actually a natural analogue of mystical experience. It produced a kind of intuitive of perception.

People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms.