These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis.

We don't get ourselves dry cleaned.

I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals.

The most active people in the country know different things, and because each one tends to hear mostly and deal mostly with people with whom they agree, they are reinforced not simply in the conviction that they are right, which is totally appropriate, but that they are the majority. So you have both sides, the Left and the Right, thinking that the majority of the country is really with them.

The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth.

Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy.

Serving in Congress is like having a second shot at high school.