I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed, gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.

I think there were two criticisms you can make of Donald Trump`s involvement in the Health Care Bill. First of all, there were times when he wasn`t being helpful. Secondly, there were times when he was trying to be helpful. I`m not sure which one did more damage.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

The rights of the people who have done terrible things are hard to defend. You have to keep pointing out, the question is the process to determine whether they've done the terrible things.

We all have the right to call each other names. Rudeness is a deeply held constitutional value.

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.