Nothing brings more money to the Treasury of the United States, than investment in education of the American people.

That's why they (the Bush administration) had to make up that story about weapons of mass destruction. Because that was the only thing that would sell to the American people, and that wasn't true.

Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I'd ever met anybody who liked his or her plan. But that was not my experience.

Anybody who's ever dealt with me knows not to mess with me.

I think that people have great anger over what happened in 2008 in terms of the economy.

My daughter Alexandra once told me, "Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop." After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.

The good news is that we really do think that ... on the immigration issue, that we will, before summer, have comprehensive immigration reform.