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.

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.

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.

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.

You believe what your eyes want to believe!

Life is like a camera... Focus on what's important capture the good times and develop from the negative.

Be like the date that grows sweeter and sweeter, even though the soil that nourishes it is rocky and harsh

Some men have sighed over the abduction of their wives, but many more have sighed because no one wanted to abduct theirs.

I wish I could write more make-believe. It's a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong. But I've never been a private person.

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

I think the election of [Barack] Obama was a great step to prove to the world that we believe that all men were created equal. I think it will show that we have humility.

The secret of grace is that it can be all right at the center even when it is all wrong on the edges.

There is so much in the world to hate, why hate yourself?

Assumption of superiority by any person over any other is a sin against God and man.