"We're calling to give you the good news that this Congress is now fully sworn in and ready to work with you."
"Nowhere were the American people more clear about the need for a new direction than in the war in Iraq."
"I accept this gavel in the spirit of partnership, not partisanship."
"For our daughters and our granddaughters, today we have broken the marble ceiling."
"Nowhere were the American more -- people more clear about the need for a new direction than in the war in Iraq."
"The American people rejected an open-ended obligation to a war without end."
"Our first order of business is passing the toughest congressional ethics reform in history."
"The election of 2006 was a call to change."
"All of these have been vetted through the committee process. Some of them have even passed on the floor."
"... a Congress that will pass legislation the first 100 hours to make American people safer, make our economy fairer, make our Congress more honest and build a better future for all of America's child..."
"The campaign is over. Democrats are ready to lead."