I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.

It has been my experience that the hearings are really, in effect, a subtle minuet, with the nominee answering as many questions as he thinks necessary in order to be confirmed.

It so happens that I'm pro choice.

When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.

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.

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

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.