That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.

As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity.

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.

By furthering the use of ethanol, farmers are presented with the opportunity to produce a cash crop by collecting their agricultural wastes.

Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.

We have the responsibility to ensure that our first impulse in foreign affairs is one of bipartisanship.

Grandchildren have taught me how important the future is. I try to look through their eyes and envision what's in their imagination. What's the world going to look like when they're my age? That really does take a huge imagination.