In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.

Time is our most finite commodity, therefore our most valuable, and I respect other peoples' time.

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or, eh, a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance, or that people could start a business and be entrepreneurial and take risk but not be job-locked because a child has asthma or someone in the family is bipolar. You name it. Any condition is job-blocking.

When I was growing up in the 50s it wasn't quite the same. Fathers were more protective and now they see all of the possibilities for their daughters.

I have always said, in my own rise in the leadership, please don't ever ask anybody to vote for me because I'm a woman.

President Obama and the congressional Democrats have certainly been responsive.

Hillary Clinton has a vision, she has knowledge and judgment. She is a strategic thinker, based on her experience and her connection.