One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.

We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solve the problems facing Washingtonians.

I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue.

Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq.

It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.

It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.