Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchisonis a former United States Senator from Texas. She is a member of the Republican Party. In 2001, she was named one of the thirty most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. The first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, Hutchison also became the first Texas U.S. senator to receive more than four million votes in a single election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
asking people thank
I want to thank the people of Texas for asking me to represent them in Washington.
exactly knows people spoke
There are elections in which everyone knows that 'the people have spoken' but they don't always know exactly what the people have said. This November's election was different. Not only did the people speak, they spoke clearly.
country deal everybody hit
Our country was hit on 9/11, 2001. Everybody in the world knows that. It hasn't been easy to deal with a different kind of enemy, but that is what we have, a different kind of enemy.
roles rooms adults
The traditional role of the Senate has been to be the adult in the room.
government progress want
Benchmarks, yes, we want the Iraqi government to do the things that will show progress. But to say, American troops are going to leave, no matter what's happening on the ground, is surrender. There is no other word for it.
expectations able rise-above
I have always been able to rise above the expectations.
low-income lows funding
We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women.
texas proud kind
Saying youre from Texas makes you kind of proud.
thinking games office
I think when you've been in office for a long time, you have a record, and that record is fair game.
humble thinking
I do think women generally are more humble.
air suffering criticism
Congress suffers a great deal of criticism for its partisan acrimony. But while we may disagree politically, and air our opposition in this chamber, it is the conversation behind the scenes that cements and defines our relationships.
conservative moderates
I am not a moderate. I am a conservative. I'm a fix-it conservative.
unqualified fields united-states
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.
country organization iraq
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.