I have deep, deep respect for this office, the seat people have given me and the institution of the House.

These kinds of tactics are precisely the reason why people have lost faith in politics. That's unfortunate. I've done nothing wrong.

I'm thrilled the process worked and delighted it was unanimous. That the minority leader also voted to dismiss the complaint also gives tremendous weight to the fact that (the complaint) wasn't warranted and was politically motivated.

We have a lot of respect for the office of the president, and I have a new respect for him because he was sincere, and he didn't have to take the time to meet with us.

The teachers in a sense are recommending these candidates into office. It's a process designed to respect the interest of teachers.

We've had a lot of people asking about them. People would just come up to me and ask me about them, so we decided to just offer them again.