"Today, over half of China's undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of America's undergraduates pursue these schools."

"Everywhere I travel throughout Eastern Washington, I hear from people demanding we do a better job of controlling our borders and reducing illegal immigration."

"My top three priorities for my first term in Congress are growing our economy providing for quality, affordable health care and keeping our nation and communities safe."

"Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs. And I think that they see where they expect their leaders in Congress to also make those tough decisions."

"To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special."

"Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life."

"I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."