Yesterday I, along with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of lawmakers, inspected the detention facilities at Guantanamo used to house individuals detained in the War on Terrorism.
I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
I am the first podiatrist to serve in the U.S. Congress.
The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
Everyone in Congress represents Washington.
Congress no longer exercises its lawful function of lawmaking; that has gone to the committees.
It's a proud tradition we have of a diverse representation from the Maryland congressional delegation.
When you have a governor of your party, that governor has the capacity to be able to build a party, lead a party, more so than any Senator or anyone in the Congressional delegation.
I want to thank the people of Texas for asking me to represent them in Washington.
I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met.
