Pennsylvania is a very tough state; people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics.

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.

I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.

When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.

I think it's scandalous that we haven't done more to cure cancer.

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

If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.