Lamar S. Smith

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Conservation of energy also protects our environment.

Judges should interpret the law, not make it.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.