I've stayed focused on the job at hand representing the people of the 5th district... a voice for everyone rich or poor or male or female.

Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.

If what I went through on a national level, the trouble between me and my wife, if it helps one couple going through the same thing... if it saves one family, it's worth it.

I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

There's a reason the Chinese government is very concerned about Ai Weiwei. It's because he has all of these ingredients in his life that allow him to attract enormous attention across a very broad spectrum of the population.

Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.

Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.