I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country

I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.

I think, though, with that whole sense of integrity and a lot of things that have been going on, the shared leadership rather than the titular head.

A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.

I would say that in some ways George Mitchell is kind of an old fashioned guy, in terms of these basic values, but he was a very modern person, encouraging, he was not only accepting but he was actually encouraging.

People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.

I didn't know how we were going to get jobs out of NAFTA, but I tend to be suspicious of these things, like NAFTAs and WTOs and so on.