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.

My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.

I do come from a strong family.

It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest.

As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.