Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication.

We're actually making stuff in America now. We're exporting stuff. We're inventing things.

There are still people that have been held for human rights that shouldn't be held for just speaking their mind.

I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

Every so often you might have an outburst in the gallery. That's one of the most exciting things that happen because then you can say, 'Unless there's order we will call the Sergeant at Arms.' And that sounds really scary.

People who live in seven houses shouldn't throw stones

We have an enormous part of the FBI in our counter intelligence division and in our cyber division that focuses on just threat and making sure that we do everything that we can to understand how the bad guys might come at us.