Quotes from Elizabeth Emken

You know, my background, I was at a non-profit for years.

My son is a blessing in every way.

Human suffering is not a competitive sport.

My two careers have been very service-oriented.

I know how to take good ideas and turn them into sensible law at great odds.

I'm no fan of what I've seen health insurance companies do.

I believe both parties are sending the wrong kind of people to Washington, D.C.

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 take on daunting tasks.

I believe reduced spending, lower taxation, and economic growth go hand-in-hand.

We all know Sen. Feinstein is out of touch, but just to make it worse, by not embracing today's technology, she isn't even connected. Out of touch and disconnected.

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

Ironically, if you look at Dianne Feinstein's profile and you look at my profile, I'm the 99 percent. Dianne Feinstein's the one percent. She appeals to one percent.

The way our federal agencies are funded, the way the authorizing of these programs are done, I think needs to be completely revamped.

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.

I think, of course, all senate races are national races.

If we foster business growth and create opportunities, then our economy will again thrive.

What has Dianne Feinstein done... I'll put my legislative background up against hers any day.

The federal government secures the border; Californians decide how we want to treat our population. I think we need a vibrant guest worker program. If we have one, we're going to stop having a lot of issues at the border.

I think we need a vibrant guest worker program. If we have one, we're going to stop having a lot of issues at the border.

Feinstein doesn't interact with the people at all, and I think it breeds cynicism.

What's more difficult than knowing there's an effective treatment for your children, but you can't afford to offer it to them because it's not covered by insurance?

Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.

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.