I'm sure many of these issues have already been raised.

I've said it many times but our dependence on foreign oil threatens not only our economic security but also our national security.

BP, a company that raked in over $7 billion in profits in the second quarter of this year alone, neglected to conduct even remotely adequate or responsible maintenance.

The politicians have come, and they're clapping kind of off rhythm. To the choir. We don't need that.

If we're not talking about how our values inform our public policies, then we are going to be vulnerable to the accusation that we are secular and can't speak to the things that are important to people.

I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the power of faith in people's lives.

A hundred percent of the Democratic Caucus believes it's time for change and 100 percent of the Republican Caucus believes it's time to stay the course.

A hundred percent of the Democratic caucus believes it's time for change. And 100 percent of the Republican caucus believes it's time to stay the course.

The more valuable our dissent into weakness, dissension and inaction, the greater the aid and comfort we give to our enemies.

My opinion is that they took the wrong path.

Well, it hasn't been settled, but I think it gives us some time to take -- step back, take a breath, and then work out the problems.

This is one of the leaks that come out to try to, you know, intimidate people. And we're just not going to be intimidated on it.

This is one of the leaks that come out to try to intimidate people and we're just not going to be intimidated on it.

Now I don't know if this leak out of the Justice Department or wherever it came, was a coincidence or not, but I'll let anybody else try to connect the dots.

That gives us some time to step back and try to negotiate with the Department of Justice.

We think those materials ought to be returned.

Those people involved in that issue ought to be frozen out of that just for the sake of the constitutional aspect of it.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi say the bureau violated the constitutional separation of powers when it raided the office of Congressman William Jefferson.