I will not give $8 million to this children's hospital if you don't give me the $25,000 in campaign contributions.

I will fight, I will fight, I will fight, until I take my last breath. I have done nothing wrong.

I am dying to answer these charges. I am dying to show you how innocent I am.

To the people of Illinois, I ask that they wait and be patient, sit back and take a deep breath. And please reserve judgment; afford me the same rights that you and your children have: the presumption of innocence.

It's kind of lonely right now. But I have on my side the most powerful ally there is. And it's the truth.

I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing, that I intend to stay on the job, and I will fight this thing every step of the way. I will fight. I will fight. I will fight until I take my last breath.

I've got this thing and it's bleeping golden and I'm just not giving it up for bleeping nothing.

I'm not interested in the U.S. Senate. I like my job as governor.

I have got this thing, and it is bleeping golden. And I am just not giving it up for bleeping nothing.

I don't care whether you tape me publicly or privately. I can tell you that whatever I say is always lawful.

I don't care whether you tape me privately or publicly. I can tell you that whatever I say is always lawful.

It's a 'bleeping' valuable thing -- thing. You just don't give it away for nothing.

I have never had more friends than I do today. And, when I make the final decision, I won't have nearly as many as I have now.

If you're a pharmacy or pharmacist and you own your own store, you don't have to stock birth control. No one requires you to do that. But if you work in a place that stocks birth control, then your responsibility is to fill the…

These games directly assault the very values we were raised to believe in, and the very values I believe most parents try to teach their kids today.

All we're asking for is an opportunity to try something new.

I rise to denounce the illegal occupation of Cyprus by Turkey. Twenty-six years ago today, the Turkish military invaded Cyprus, driving 200,000 people from their homes. Since then, the Turkish military has continued to occupy a third of…

Chicago, Mr. Chairman, is a great city. We have great trees, we have great parks; and the last time I checked, we still had Sammy Sosa. But 2 years ago in Chicago, residents of the Ravenswood community, in my congressional district…

Mr. Chairman, next week marks a year since Benjamin Smith took to the road in Chicago armed with two handguns. He hijacked a minivan and then began a shooting spree where his intended targets were blacks and Jews and Asians. What most…

on May 12, 1998, 17-month-old Daniel Keysar of Chicago, Illinois was strangled to death when a portable crib at a day care center collapsed on his throat. Just 3 months after that, 10-month-old William Curan of Fair Haven, New Jersey…

Mr. Chairman, to me there are two issues here. They are very simple. Number one, do we keep our promises, that is the first issue. The second issue is, when it comes to issues of facts that may be in contention, who do we believe? First of…

I believe that a short-term investment in summer jobs programs for kids, for teenage kids in disadvantaged communities is a long-term investment, not only in the next generation of Americans, but also in terms of protecting the taxpayers'…

let me simply say that if some are good and some are not good, I think it is well worth the investment to make sure that we make those that are good the rule and not the exception, and make the other ones that are not as good, make them…

But too often in this debate, Mr. Speaker, we have failed to focus on the need to invest in our most valuable resource, teachers. Next to a good parent, I cannot think of anyone more important to a child than a good teacher. A good teacher…

my amendment would add $500 million to this bill for summer jobs. Many communities across our country are facing a funding crisis for their summer jobs programs. We live in a time, Mr. Chairman, of game show millionaires and Internet IPOs…