I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally.
Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do.
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.
Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away.
Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong.
Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise.
I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'.
The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people.
