I have high expectations for the people who work for me. I figure that if they work really hard and do a good job on one of my campaigns or in my office, that experience will serve them well later on.
With the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs, American taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill for medicine going to waste.
You cannot compare any leaders in our country to what Vladimir Putin has done.
When I ran for the Senate, I ran to bring change to Washington, not simply to become a woman senator.
I am proud to be a woman in the Senate.
I am endorsing Barack Obama because he is a new kind of leader: he speaks with a different voice; he brings a new perspective and inspires a real excitement from the American people.
I never was a great sports player. In fact, in fourth grade, I had the second to the worst softball throw.
I grew up in the public schools, my mom taught in them, and then my daughter is in them.
The women Democrats and Republicans work together incredibly well.
Normal people should be able to run for office.
I have tried to treat people on the other side civilly and look for common ground.
I love representing Minnesota in the Senate.
There are always people that are misbehaving.
There is a difference between being bold and being rash.
I love the State Fair. It's an event that really brings the urban and the rural Minnesotans together. Rural people get a chance to mix with the urban folk and see what the cities have to offer, and urban people get to remember where their food comes from and who produces it for them.
You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.
Sometimes people have different views on different issues.
I wanted to be a librarian.
I know we can find a bipartisan response to pressing challenges - like repairing, modernizing and adding to the infrastructure on which we all rely. I know it because I've seen it happen in my own state of Minnesota.
A bridge shouldn't just fall down in the middle of America. Not a bridge that's a few blocks from my house. Not an eight-lane highway. Not a bridge that I drive over with my family every day, along with tens of thousands of Minnesotans. But that's what happened.
