Let's Face It, In America Today We

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.

You [the Gallaudet Students] Have Brought The Deaf Community Together.... You Are My Heroes.

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 Is No Such Thing As A Pro-nuclear Environmentalist.

When I Campaigned, I'd Let Them Throw A Punch, But By Gosh, I'd Throw Two Back. I Always Said, The First Rule In Politics Is Never Defend, Always Attack. I Still Believe That.