I don't have a nightlife. People say, "You need these cocktail dresses for all the receptions" - except I don't go, because we have no idea if we are going to be in session. But my husband has encouraged me to, shall we say, keep up with fashion.

In this House, we may belong to different parties, but we serve one country.

The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.

The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader.

Hillary Clinton is probably one of the best prepared people to walk into the Oval Office certainly in a generation, with all the love and respect and admiration that I have for President Obama, and he's been a great president, going in he was nowhere nearly as prepared as Hillary Clinton.

But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.

Take inventory of what you have to offer. Place a value on it. Respect it - because if you don't respect what you have to offer it's hard for other people to.