And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots.

Look, half the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were either in debt or bankrupt. The remaining half, most of them lost all their possessions. The only reason Monticello didn't get burned to the ground was that the British patrol missed the road.

I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful.

Congressmen spend between five and seven hours a day on the phone, begging for money.

I don't care what size you are or how old you are - once you see the results brought to you by regular exercise, you'll wonder how you survived without it.

Most private sector workers can only dream of getting the generous lifetime pension and health benefits typical of government service.

I'd like to get into some sort of workout regimen so I can properly be healthy and exercise like a normal human being. I seem to not do that... ever.

Every cancer is different. The symptoms and treatments are different, and every human body deals with it differently. There are no formulas to it. That, I think, was the biggest takeaway for me.