Thankfully, as a result of HUD's work and low interest rates, homeownership in America is at all-time high of 68.4 percent.

Owning a home is the cornerstone of the American Dream, with the Department of Housing and Urban Development often playing a critical role in expanding homeownership opportunities.

We are all in agreement that we face a serious public health threat that could cripple our health care system.

I think it's great. I'm a huge supporter.

At a time when we know that prevention, that community-based models work the best, that the uninsured numbers are growing.

I plan to fight for this funding again.

But what it does is, it doesn't allow that program to expand.

We're going to fund this program, and I think we've got enough support in Congress to do that.

We need to find ways to make it happen and to fund these solutions at all levels.

I think we know that chronic disease that is caused by obesity and unhealthy lifestyles is costing us billions of dollars in this country.

The schedule calls for presidential debates in Miami, Saint, Louis, and Tempe, Arizona, and the vice presidential debate in Cleveland.

The Kerry camp OKs the presidential debate schedule.

Don't tell us the strongest democracy on earth that a million disenfranchised African-Americans and the most tainted election in American history is the best that we can do.

The president may be too busy to speak to you now, but I've got news for you. He's going to have plenty of time after November 2.

The only sad part is that President Candidate Kerry chose not to address that.

I don't think there's any need for the president -- or for Mr. Kerry to distance himself.

You can say I'm a hater. But I would argue I'm a lover. I'm a lover of traditional families and children who deserve the right to have a mother and a father.

I've come to an unfortunate conclusion about why we're doing this amendment. Gay-bashing, plain and simple. That's what this is about.