Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.

I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.

I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.

I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.

Very ugly things were said about me.

Once I dive in, I dive in all the way.

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

I certainly support civil unions.

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.

Look, you need technical skills to run a company.

There are Tea Parties, and I would say plural, in California.

Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign.

I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that's the reality.

You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.

Women are not all single-issue voters.

I've traveled around the world.

You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.

Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.

I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.

I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.

Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.