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

I've been in a lot of elections.

If we had pursued the war on cancer which President Nixon declared in 1970, Jack Kemp might be alive today.

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

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.

There are conspiracies all over the Senate floor on any day!

I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it