I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan.

Democracy is interactive... Its a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were reinforced. Abortion was wrong, I was taught.

Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception.

The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.

You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.