I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
I hate to confess that I would love to have all of my children in Washington - and at the same time, they've been all over the place, and my heart of hearts, I believe that freedom is wonderful.
That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.
What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.
When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount of intellectual horsepower and the ability to look at an issue and say something fresh.
I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.
I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.
Like every American, I will never forget where I was on the morning of September 11, 2001. As a member of Congress from Indiana, that day my duties took me to Capitol Hill and to sights and sounds I will never forget.
I kept telling everyone I wasn't going to Washington to stay. I go to visit.
For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. My whole orientation is toward this place.