Elizabeth Emken

When you look at a Congress that has an 84 percent disapproval rating, that means that for the most part, the people of this country, and certainly California, are looking for new leadership. ”

I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can parachute in with checks for $5 million or $10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I'm rejecting that premise. ”

I've got the conservative ideas for putting our country back on track. ”

We need new energy back in Washington. ”

I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver. ”

The position of Autism Speaks has been for quite awhile that we need to find out what's happening. We know there's a genetic component, and there's an environmental trigger, and until we get to the bottom of what's happening, no one knows what causes autism. ”

What makes autism different is the history of neglect into the disorder. It's remained such a mystery that science has been very slow to address it. ”

Anyone that tells you what does or what doesn't cause autism is simply not basing that on facts. ”

My son has autism, and I founded the government relations department at Autism Speaks. ”

In California, for so long now, our families have been struggling in this economic environment, and Dianne Feinstein, been in office nearly half a century, is out of touch of what women and families are going through in California. ”