If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function.

America does not want vulgarity and sexual exploitation to be our values and we do not want the world to think those are our standards. We want to be a better nation and a better people, with better standards.

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice.

I thought I was uncontroversial, and
I thought I would just slide through. I naively told people that
I was a non-controversial nominee.

You have two conflicting forces. People might be concerned about what the attacks will do to Europe's economies and if that will mean lower demand.

The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation.