Mike Ross

I'm one of those that have said, one of my key principles is I will not support a health care reform bill that is not deficit-neutral, period.

I never believed that my service in the U.S. Congress should become a permanent career.

Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.