“Polls are a snapshot in time and America - the American people - are w...” — Laphonza Butler Quote

“Polls are a snapshot in time and America - the American people - are whole people. They lead whole lives and they need us as a government and elected officials to really speak to and address not only the challenges that they are facing today, but offer a vision for what it is that we're going to do to make those things better.”

“As I grew up, I watched and learned about women who fought for voting rights, civil rights and reproductive freedom among others.”

“Our democratic and American values point us to what we already know to be true: every human being deserves to live in safety with freedom and dignity.”

“So much I have found my contemporaries... really do sort of focus on getting to 'yes' - 'yes, I can do that,' 'yes, I can help you with this,' 'yes, I can take on this additional assignment.' We say 'yes' so much without acknowledging what all of ourselves that we're giving.”

“For me, hard things is what I do.”

“State government's efforts to address climate change must include reduced consumption and other conservation measures as water shortages become the new normal.”

“President Obama's reelection started the countdown for lawmakers to address the fiscal cliff and the statutory debt limit. Unless the President and House Republicans can agree on changes to current law, the U.S. economy will be in recession by spring.”

“I am committed to ensure that our 2008 Republican presidential candidates forthrightly address issues of importance to the African-American community.”

“Recovery measures work better when they raise confidence - as Franklin D. Roosevelt understood. His fireside chats, and his inaugural address proclaiming he would fight the Great Depression with the same resolve he would muster against a foreign foe, were aimed at reassuring Americans.”

“What I learned: if you've done something you think the public is going to react badly to, you can't delay it, hide from it, or ignore it. You have to address it head on and take your beating. Always take your beating.”