Popularity: 5
Vote:   | Although his crusade in 1957 occurred at a time in our nation's history when race divided all, Reverend Graham refused to preach in segregated audiences. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | As Kansans, we enjoy a unique quality of life - one that is worth fighting to preserve for the next generation. |
Popularity: -2
Vote: | By refusing to restrict his message to one audience, Billy Graham affirmed the equality of all people and God's equal love for all. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | Casting votes is a responsibility that I take seriously. |
Popularity: 7
Vote: | Children are the most important resource in Kansas, and providing them with the opportunity for a quality education is vital to ensuring the viability of our state and the future of this nation. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | Congress plays a role in preventing domestic violence and helping victims. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | Despite this, Kansas and other residents of the plains are resilient people who believe that hard work and persistence can overcome almost any obstacle. |
Popularity: -3
Vote: | During Memorial Day 2004, veterans from Kansas and across the country will gather in Washington, D.C. to dedicate the new World War II Memorial on the National Mall. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | Every day, teachers provide an education to the next generation of students - teachers who educate not only with facts and figures, but who also instill a love for learning and a sense that there is a world out there beyond the city limits of our hometowns. |
Popularity: 4
Vote: | Federal grants made possible under the Violence Against Women Act provide essential funds for prevention, enforcement, response, prosecution, and victim services. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | For nearly half of the eight years that I have had the opportunity to represent Kansans in Congress, much of our State has been in a severe drought. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | Honesty, virtue, courage to always do what is right no matter the consequences, personal responsibility--that is the kind of character we need in each of you and in each citizen of our nation. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back. |
Popularity: 5
Vote: | I am very proud of the education system we have in Kansas. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | I can tell you from my own life that satisfaction does not derive from economic well being, status on the social ladder or power in our nation's capital. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I do believe Medicare should provide a prescription drug benefit for seniors, especially for those that could not otherwise afford their medicines. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | I don't mind telling you that I have one of the most fulfilling and important jobs in the world. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | I educate myself, study the issues, ask for advice, listen to Kansans, and then decide how to vote. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | I have never ducked tough issues, and I make decisions every day on what I think is in the best interests of the citizens of Kansas who elected me to work on their behalf. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I needed to remind myself that I had a wonderful opportunity to be of service to others - that I was not elected to satisfy my own ego, but rather, to the best of my ability, to live a life in service to others. |
Popularity: 5
Vote: | I will continue to work to ensure that our teachers are equipped with the resources needed to help our students excel, and that our schools have the assistance necessary to succeed. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | If we care about the future of our communities, we need to make certain that our citizens, the people who live there, can access a physician, can have access to a hospital, that the hospital doors remain open, that there is home health care and nursing home care. |
Popularity: 4
Vote: | Improving the access and affordability of health care continues to be one of my highest priorities. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | In times of trouble and disaster, we turn to God for strength and comfort. |
Popularity: 4
Vote: | It is up to each of us as citizens to renew our commitment to character. |
Popularity: 5
Vote: | Kansas' health care providers - like others across the country - are struggling to keep their doors open to provide care to their communities. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | Last fall, I cosponsored the federal highway bill, which will authorize funding for highways, public transportation programs and safety initiatives for the next six years. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | Last November, I voted against legislation that created a prescription drug benefit under Medicare. |
Popularity: 5
Vote: | Medicare reimbursements are not keeping up with the rising costs of health care at any level, and everyone is feeling the effects. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | My own interest in the world outside of my Kansas hometown was sparked by my teachers, who taught me the love of books, politics and history. It is our teachers who bring the world into our classrooms. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | People in rural America should have access to the same quality of health care as those who live in more urban areas. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | Rural America faces many challenges, and among those challenges is an often declining economy and an economy related to agriculture. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | Rural America is the backbone of our country and provides many of the essential components to the economy. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | Since being elected to Congress, I have cast thousands of votes and maintain an almost perfect voting record. |
Popularity: 4
Vote: | So for much of my time in Congress, I have worked on issues related to the availability of health care. |
Popularity: 5
Vote: | Talking about weather is not just polite conversation in Kansas, it is our way of life. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | The average age of a Kansas farmer is 58 1/2 years old, and in many communities no young people are returning to farming because no money can be made. |
Popularity: 6
Vote: | The destruction from three hurricanes on homes, farms, businesses, schools, local economies, and, most importantly, the loss of life in Florida and other Gulf Coast States cannot be overstated. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | The fact is, despite all we've accomplished, domestic violence still occurs at alarming rates. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | The fact is, when it comes to choosing between what I am being told to do in Washington, D.C. and what I believe is in the best interest of Kansans, I will choose Kansans every time. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | The Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act would equalize Medicare payments between Kansas hospitals in rural and urban areas by raising rural hospitals' base payments to the same level as their urban counterparts. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | The prescription drug plan may bankrupt the Medicare trust fund and reduce the chances that hospitals, doctors, nursing homes and home health care services will remain viable, especially in rural communities across our state. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | The Rural Provider Equity Act would help recruit and retain physicians who practice in smaller communities. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | There is a distinction between excellence and perfection. |
Popularity: -3
Vote: | This is an important issue to me; I believe that the cost of health care and prescription drugs remains the top issue facing our country. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | Three days after September 11, 2001, as our nation grieved the loss of life, America needed to have its faith restored. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | Through education, improved funding and support, we can continue to work together to provide safe environments for victims and end the cycle of domestic violence. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | Too much health care is delivered through the emergency room. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | We owe so much to the men and women of our armed forces - those who served in the past and those who serve today. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | While each of us holds beliefs of how we live our lives it is difficult to express one's view in a meaningful way to others. |
Popularity: 5
Vote: | Without doctors it becomes impossible to support the local hospital; without hospitals, senior citizens and young families may decide they can't take the risk of living and raising a family in a small community. |
