As they see it.

• Position: Senators opinions

"The most important thing you have in this body is your integrity. And that's yours to lose."

--Former Idaho House Speaker Bruce Newcomb to new legislators, in the Idaho Statesmen.

"It attacks the very nature and fiber of what we are as a body. When a senator comes into this chamber, they ought to bring their brains with them. I don't think they should be dependent on electronic assistance."

--Kansas Senator Gary Nodler, to the Associated Press, about the use of computers in the Senate chamber.

"[Being on a map] gives you a sense of place, that you're tied to the earth. Nobody likes to be told they live nowhere."

--Craig Remington, director of the cartography lab at the University of Alabama, to the Christian Science Monitor about the decision by the Georgia Department of Transportation to wipe nearly 500 tiny towns from the official highway and transportation map. (After an avalanche of criticism, the DOT decided to return the towns to the maps.)

"Immigration is the best example of where the feds bear the lion's share of the responsibility and have done almost nothing to fulfill that responsibility."

--Speaker of the Colorado House Andrew Romanoff to The New York Times.

"It's almost like the law wasn't written to be construed seriously. It's like asking for someone to get a...