I'm very comfortable with where history will judge me.

A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

The Administration should never have walked away from the Kyoto Treaty. Global warming is real and it is here today. The facts aren't the issue. The policy is the issue. I think the Administration's policy on global warming is dead wrong.

Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.

As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing the people of Oregon what they want and need most - an era of hope, change, and economic renewal.

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.

I have to reinvent myself.