The poverty here is real, there's absolutely no doubt about it. If you can help them gradually take those steps out of poverty, you're going to fix many things.

There's two days left in the session, and leadership has been very open to us. There's still money left.

We really need to find out, No. 1, the characteristics of these people, and No. 2, how many of them are earning minimum wage and accessing public assistance.

I'm not against increasing the minimum wage. It's just that I don't think we have sufficient information to get it through the Senate and the House. It's hard to go to legislators with inconclusive data.

It makes me want to avoid Kentucky altogether, which is sad because there are so many great people there.

I think, as we get older, it gets more interesting. I don't want to turn into one of those crazy [women]. Everyone starts looking the same.