The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research.

I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights.

After 9/11, the businesses in my district and throughout the New York metropolitan area saw firsthand the result of a lack of availability of terrorism insurance.

Our Nation's immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants.

You can be sure that I will always consider how changes to Social Security will impact people with disabilities when considering the various proposals offered for reform.

I always try to keep my constituents as up-to-date as possible with what's going on here in Washington.

Plus, 40% of our debt is owned by foreign interest. I can't support a plan that passes along cost burden to our children and makes us more reliant on foreign dollars.

I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined.

As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%.

I make my decisions and my judgments not based on what a prime minister of another country says, but based on what my principles tell me... how may DNA guides me.

What's the point of a houseful of books you've already read?

Serving is the best kind of Leading.

May God defend, protect, provide and redeem you.

Wolves travel in packs, not in herds.

Tolerance for intolerance is not tolerance at all.

In the history of the collective as in the history of the individual, everything depends on the development of consciousness.

I was crazy back then, I must admit. I had an extreme attitude.

You know, I don't think there's anything truly unforgivable. Not where there's love.

You live up - or down - to your expectations.

The whole world is a scab. The point is to pick it constructively.