Ellen Tauscher

After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream.

An overstretched military undermines homeland security and our ability to meet threats around the world.

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy.

The weird thing about grief, for me at least, was when each of my parents died, for a year or two afterwards I was pretty wildly brave - just willing to take life on.

Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.