Quotes from Karen Handel

Some people call me scrappy - and that's because I am.

Obamacare was passed months before my first day at Komen.

I worked my way up in the private sector and implemented Georgia's tough voter ID law.

I do not support a livable wage.

Increasing minimum wage doesn't build a stronger economy.

I think, for every phase of your life, you take something out of it, you learn from it, you grow from it. You just have to try to take what you can from it and then move on to the next phase of your life to be better.

Let me be clear: since I am pro-life, I do not support the mission of Planned Parenthood.

These immigrants have come to our country and blatantly disregarded our laws. We cannot, we should not, reward that. No amnesty. No ability to vote. Get those borders secure, and then deal with that situation.

I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.

Planned Parenthood is not the front door of women's health. Not here in the 6th District, not in the state of Georgia, and not around the country.

My time at Komen has been well publicized and scrutinized, especially my departure over the funding of Planned Parenthood.

For Komen, for myself, the mission was always foremost in everyone's mind. The mission and the women that we serve. The only group that made this issue political has been Planned Parenthood.

Clearly, there have been changes in the climate.

I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.

People want to know that I'm a person of conviction.

It's tabloid. It's 24/7 news - people get in the middle of a news cycle for 24 hours off of things that previously would never have gotten the kind of coverage that is happening.

Any real Colts fan cannot abide the Denver Broncos and John Elway!

Bullies always have another target.

I don't want to see any taxpayer funding going towards... a couple that is not married.

I think we can all agree that women deserve access to life saving, early detection procedures.

I think it's clear that Planned Parenthood has worked to mislead the public about who they are... they do not provide mammograms. They are the middleman, or middle woman, if you will.

I left home when I was just 17, finished up high school, and went to work.

I have much greater faith in the governor and the state legislature to craft a Medicaid system that is going to be the best fit for the people of Georgia rather than someone in Washington dictating it.

What I support is moving Medicaid to block grants so that the states can drive that process.