Half is better than nothing for our average member who lives paycheck to paycheck on $35,000 a year.

We're here today to demand accountability and an end to government shutdowns. We're here to tell legislators that our public services are not for sale.

The people who were put out of work were pawns in a very nasty and unnecessary political game.

Never again should the citizens of this state and the employees of this state have to pay that kind of price for political gridlock.

Whether (the trial) happens a year from now or a year and a half, nothing is going to bring back Rachel and Lilly Rose.

When we say of a gentleman that he lives elegantly on nothing a year, we use the word "nothing" to signify something unknown; meaning, simply, that we don't know how the gentleman in question defrays the expenses of his establishment.