When The Tea Party Comes To Town,

When You Work In The United States Senate, And You Are Around People Of All Different Ideas And Beliefs, You Realize That What Our Founding Fathers Did That Was So Genius, Is That They Made The Senate The Place Where Compromises Are Supposed To Happen Because Of The Makeup Of The Senate.

I Voted Against My Party With Some Frequency, Because Of My Independence. I've Just Got To Remind Missourians That I Am Independent And That I Try To Call Them Like I See Them, And Sometimes My Party Is Wrong On Some Things.

I Started In The Mailroom, Literally, As An Intern... In 1974. The Legislator I Was Working For At The Time Said, 'i Want You To Get Your Law Degree And Come Back Here And Get Elected And Be The First Woman Governor.' I Kind Of Took That Guy Seriously - I Thought That Sounded Like A Pretty Good Idea.

By The Way, This Should Be Not Only About Protecting Us Going Forward But This Is A Form Of Warfare For Vladimir Putin, Who Is A Thug And A Bully And Has The Friends Around The Globe That We Don't Want To Be Friends With.

Do I Want Social Security To Be There For My Kids And My Grandkids? Absolutely. Will I Fight Like A Tiger To Make Sure That We Protect Social Security? I Absolutely Will.