I would like to see whoever is our next president dedicate a significant part of their inaugural address to this challenge. We have to ignite the nation's energies and passions on this to make this happen. I think we do need the same kind of inspiration we had from Kennedy in his inaugural address in 1961.

Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie.

When we design our national R&D programs, we ought to ensure a place for the small, the new, and the cutting-edge.

Now is the time to scrub ideology out of the energy discussion, so we can make bi-partisan progress towards investing in a shared and better future.

We need to get our sons and daughters home and their responsibility for the security of Iraq needs to be assumed by Iraqis who will stand up and toe the line for their countries.

The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.

If we had continued making progress at the rate we were during the Carter administration, we would be free of oil imports from Saudi Arabia today.