Emanuel Cleaver: “it also ought to be an incentive for us to invest more money in the program.”

If we think we're right, we ought to act like we are right.

It was rewarding to those of us who were on the committee to just come to a meeting and see that there was no name-calling, no screams across the aisle.

If I have to serve the people who live just outside of Columbia and Jefferson City, then I’ll do that.

I am one of those people who believes that there is such a thing as climate change, and I agree with the scientists.