Kay Bailey Hutchison Quotes

Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.

Well, I think that it's clear that the Republican Party is a pro-life party. And we do value life. And we do believe that the unborn have a right to life.

Cheerleading gave me a love of sports, which I brought to the Senate. I can talk to the good ol' boys about college sports because I follow it like they do.

The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

When it comes to dividing Americans on the basis of their gender, I know a little something about the subject.

The traditional role of the Senate has been to be the adult in the room.

We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this.

Saying youre from Texas makes you kind of proud.

I do think women generally are more humble.

I think when you've been in office for a long time, you have a record, and that record is fair game.

I have always been able to rise above the expectations.

I am proud of the President's leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive.

I am not a moderate. I am a conservative. I'm a fix-it conservative.

We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women.

People can't imagine an enemy that would cut someone's head off before a video camera and spread it out across the world. But that has happened with the kind of enemy we are now facing.

Harriet Miers is totally qualified for the Supreme Court of the United States. Her legal background, her absolute leadership in the legal field when she was a practicing lawyer are unqualified.

For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here.