The solution is to change the cake recipe, and that's the way it is with government. We can start adopting policies that work and that encourage economic growth. If you got incentives for encouraging big business development but not small or medium business development, it's not going to work. It needs to work for all three.

I wasn't elected to avoid conflict. I was elected to represent the people of the 2nd District.

There are people who own cars and are getting free cell phones. A car helps one find a job, too. Where do you draw the line?

Working at the White House is an honor for any preacher's kid from Magnolia, but the issue is jobs.

It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter.

My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father.

I admire those that keep Shabbat every week and do not allow anything to interfere with it. It is such a beautiful way to stay connected to friends and family and force yourself to slow down.

My life was very compartmentalized. I went to a school that was all white, and then I went home and to my black family.