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My district goes a long ways across the southern part of Ohio, so just the opportunity to get to know so many people is a highlight itself, win or lose.

Cleveland has a very bad reputation, but there's a lot of stuff that's left over from when there were very wealthy people - the Art Museum and a world class symphony that's still world class.

I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There's regular people there.

Cleveland people are crazy; that's why I live here.

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio, which has one of the largest Jewish populations in a single district in the state of Ohio and almost anyplace else in the United States.

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

To give you some background, I represent the largest manufacturing district and the largest agricultural district in Ohio.

Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list.

I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.

I do feel like a Clevelander. Every time, when people ask me, I automatically say, 'My home is Cleveland.'