Thanks to the leadership of Vice President Gore, we have a government for the Information Age, once again a government that is a progressive instrument of the common good, rooted in our oldest values of opportunity, responsibility and community, devoted to fiscal responsibility, determined to give our people the tools they need to make the most of their own lives in the 21st century, a 21st century government for 21st century America.

Only astrophysicists new about the Internet 20 years ago. Today my cat has a website.

The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House.

The secret to living a full life with no regrets and to staying young is to figure out what you believe in and fight for it. If you lose, don't give up. If you win, raise the bar, and then rare back and do something else. And remember that, with the accumulation of years, our responsibilities to the future grow greater, not less.

I think the idea of moving to a cleaner energy future and doing more energy efficiency makes smart sense.

My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.

The ideals that bind us together are as old as our nation, but so are the forces that pull us apart.