"As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to represent the needs of our agriculture community"

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm"

"To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"

"No, I don't belong to a retirement community"

"They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men"

"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution"

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money"

"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress"

"Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community"