America doesn't have health insurance.

We have the greatest resource universities in the world, the only place in the world. We have the most productive workforce in the world. We have the most agile venture capitalists in the world. We have a situation where right now in the United States of America, we are near energy independent. North America is beginning to be the epicenter of energy. What is it that makes people think that this is not going to be the American century? I don't get it.

In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.

Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value.

And Bobby [Jindal] and I are both Catholics.

Some of my best friends are Jewish contributors to the Democratic Party.

I had a great deal of trouble focusing. My two - I had three children, and the two that survived - boys - were very badly injured. I did my job. I didn't miss the votes. I showed up. But I just could hardly wait to get home.