If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it and families can't afford it. We're going to see people turned down from pre-existing conditions. We're going to find the Medicare doughnut hole - a gap in coverage that's going to hurt a lot of seniors.

In going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens.

And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place.

As a government lawyer, Samuel Alito wrote that he personally believe very strongly the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion.

The last stop to protect rights and liberties is the Supreme Court.

I hope that Republicans in the House and Mr. Cantor will embrace that as part of immigration reform.

Our timing is right... The election results are still fresh in the minds of my Republican colleagues and they don't want to go through this again.