I love this country. And when you are given an opportunity to help your country, in what is one of the most volatile times we've seen in a long time, there's no way I'm not going to step up to do everything I can and make us strong.

I think any label is bad... I'm more than a label.

American businesses deserve a federal government that doesn't stand in their way, not one that tries to chase them overseas.

I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.

All of the men have been very respectful of me. And that's what I want. They don't have to like you. But as long as they respect you, that's really important. When I speak, I'm listened to. And when I try to move the ball, I do.

I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan.

Each of these lines attempts to serve a portion of our population for which we extend our sympathy and encouragement. But nevertheless, it is only a small portion of South Carolina's chronically ill or abused. Overall, these special add-on lines distract from the agency's broader mission of protecting South Carolina's public health.