You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.
The state is facing a unique and extraordinary set of challenges and opportunities that demand the involvement of all of us to address them. It's time for everyone to pull together to improve California's competitiveness.
Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.
Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.
Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It will be the people of California.
The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.