Rae Oliver Davis: “I make this comment often. She is doing a heck of a lot better job than the last Chair.”

We need to make sure that this House is as equal to the other branches of government, if not more equal.

If it had been indexed for any kind of inflation from the beginning, yes, we would still be fine.

We feel a little disenfranchised or we have lost--we want to be more empowered.

We are competitive with the private sector; that just because I can go hire somebody doesn't mean that they provide services to the community that need to be done.