There were no animal shelters there and people sometimes treated animals very poorly. It was a bad situation. We had at one time 13 cats in our one-bedroom apartment.

We plan on eventually having all 100 runs available for dogs, plus we'll reopen the cats room she has in one of the buildings. We just can't say how long it's going to take us.

Communities get out of this what they put in. I'm hoping if we can get the right people at the table who are willing to participate and be active, there are going to be results. If people sit back, not much is going to come of it.

There are people of principle who disagree with this form of research. I respect their principles. But what I don't respect is someone dancing around science for political cover.

We shouldn't deny the right of the minority to filibuster, but we need to do a much better job of making them own it. That way, the American people could figure out who is being obstructionist and who is willing to compromise.

There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy.