If you don't vote, you don't count.

We must be sure that every vote that is cast is a vote that's counted,

Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong.

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

I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.'

When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'