Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.

It`s not just Republicans. It`s Republicans and Democrats. It`s middle class, lower middle class, working class Americans who have felt the angst, who are frustrated, who are angry as a result of 1% growth which, in my view, has been really the issue that has propelled Donald Trump from day one.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten.

I generally believe in polls. Scientific polls are accurate.

I don't pay any attention to what the Baltimore Sun editorial page says about anything.