"I don't want the 'mission accomplished' banner. We have so much more to do."
"I have been working with Senator Warner, Mark Warner, on this."
"It is very difficult for me to explain to the people in northern Minnesota... why their unemployment benefits would be cut off."
"I was on a bill a year ago with Senator Conrad to try to put a process, a bipartisan process together with suggestions on Social Security and other ways to bring down our deficit."
"I am concerned that some of the policies indicate a willingness to go too far that could create an impression that we're on the road to legalizing drugs."
"One of my own priorities, if I'm lucky enough to be confirmed for this position, is to focus the energy to the Office on Prevention Work and particularly around children who are exposed to violence."
"In its worst, a domestic homicide is as bad as it gets."
"I think this just--at this--one of those things that everybody just kind of knows should happen, but it definitely needs to be in the law."
"Beat your wife and it's your kid who will go to jail."
"I do appreciate your support for eliminating that disparity. I think it's very important."
"I think the background that I would bring to this position relates to the importance of the judicial community within the Violence Against Women Act."