I knew what leukemia and lymphoma were, but I had never heard of multiple myeloma.

We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion.

You had to be tough to be a female member of Congress.

If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.