Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.

It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.

My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

Effective security measures do not come cheap.

Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.