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I Fully Support President Bush's Decision To Strike Al Qaeda's Terrorist Network. Now More Than Ever, We Must Stand United As A Nation And Support Our President And Our Military. It Is Important To Remember That This Carefully Targeted Response Is Not An Attack On A Religion, Nor A Nation, But An Attack On Terrorism. In Congress, We Will Continue To Work With The White House To Do What's Needed To Bring Justice To Those Who Committed The Heinous And Evil Attacks Of September 11.

When You Dig Down, People Are Pretty Progressive, By And Large. I Guess, I've Said It Many Times - That A Lot Of People Say We're A Conservative Country, That People Are Conservative. And My Response To That Is, Yes, That's True, And You Know What The People Want To Conserve Most? The Progressive Traditions Of Our Country - Freedom Of Speech, And Of The Press And Of Assembly. Freedom To Dissent. The Freedom To Practice Your Own Religion Or Not Practice Religion As You See Fit. Yes, We're Conservative! We Want To Conserve Those.

If We Are Serious About Combating The Childhood Obesity Epidemic And Improving Child Nutrition, Then Everyone Must Chip In -- Parents, Schools, And Yes Even Congress.

When I First Arrived To Congress In 1975, I Would Spend Several Hours Every Week With Republicans - Having Lunch, Drinking A Beer. But By The Time I Left Last Year, That Was A Rarity. Every Moment Of Free Time Is Eaten Up By Fundraising. And The Advent Of All These Groups That Can Threaten Passage Of This Or That With An Avalanche Of Money Or A Primary Opponent Has Poisoned Our Politics.

There's No One Silver Bullet, But Money Really Is The Root Of All Evil. The Single Biggest Problem Is How Much More Money Is Flooding Into Politics These Days. It Not Only Tends To Enable A More Extreme Candidate To Get Elected, But Because So Much Money Is Required To Bankroll A Campaign, Everyone Spends All Their Free Time Fundraising Instead Of Reaching Across The Aisle.