I am very proud of my public record and the many accomplishments of my office. It has been a tremendous honor to represent the 6th District of Texas for over three decades, but now it is time to step aside and let there be a new voice.

The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it as we approach our nation's birthday, and as our men and women in uniform rally behind it in Iraq's battlefields.

If we start - premise that the information is mine, and we give the individual's rights, we worry about what happens during a breach. If you try to protect access to it, as opposed to not even making it available, you have less to worry about who will break the wall.

There's no way you should try to send somebody back who came here as a child with their parents and who's grown up here in the United States. They're Americans.

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

Spiritual 'exercise' keeps your mind in shape the way physical exercise keeps your body in shape.

It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Faith is my foundation because you work on a faith basis that you believe God has his hand on you.