Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.

The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection.

Our job is to ensure that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled for the benefit of the American consumers, and to make sure that they are in compliance with all federal laws.

My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.

Part of the reason why I wanted to be involved in politics was to create and be a part of policy changes.

I want to destroy the old concept that a company is a place where one sacrifices time for the sake of money.

You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you do, and there's not a lot of waiting around and interruption and not a lot of money involved - sometimes money really clouds the waters of creativity.

Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush presidency.