I think in some cases busing did improve the situation in some areas; in some cases it didn't. We had busing in St. Louis, and it has been ended and we are using other methods of trying to better integrate the schools.

Our democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.

The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy.

The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.

Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception.

I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act re-enacted. I have been a strong supporter of affirmative action. I believe in it strongly.