Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'

In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.

In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.

It takes a lot of strength to let go.

The American dream does not happen by asking Americans to accept what's immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.