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.

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

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.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

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