Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.

Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.

I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.