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Remember, the Congress doesn't get as many opportunities to make an impression with the public.

Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.

Telling the public, 'We'll get to it later,' is inadequate. That's what the federal government does.

It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns.

Give the public what they want. What you want is unimportant.

The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.

The problem is that the American public is suspicious of executive power shrouded in secrecy. In the absence of an official picture of what our government is doing, and by what authority, many in the public fill the void by envisioning the worst.

The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial and in-kind, and corruption problems abound.