My mother, Lillie Specter, was an angel and totally uninterested in politics.

• When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
• Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.
• I do come from a strong family.
• The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
• The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
• I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.
• People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed.
• There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
• I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.
• Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.