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You have to be a leader with a vision, and you have to show Iowans that you want it... and not just a woman.

Republicans think tax filing should be easier for you, not just the well-connected.

Let's shut down the EPA.

Taxpayers should not be on the hook for subsidizing former presidents' lives to the tune of millions of dollars.

It's not enough to be a woman. You have to care about women's issues. And women's issues here in Iowa are that we have a strong economy. We have jobs that our sons and daughters can go off to someday. We have a great educational system. And women want strong national defense. We want to know that our families are going to be safe.

I believe that wholeheartedly - that we have to maintain a strong national defense.

I think we do have cyclic changes in weather, and I think that's been throughout the course of history.

Our fighters would be nowhere if they didn't have the support coming from folks like those that served with me.

I can tell you that the Iowa way - the Iowa way is to find out that there is a problem and acknowledge it and address it head-on.

Cleaning up the mess in Washington is gonna take a whole lot of Iowa common sense.

We have to have somebody that will express conservative views, of course, and I'm looking for somebody that is very Reaganesque. Someone that can reach all aspects of our voting population here in America.

Growing up, I had only one good pair of shoes. So on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. But I was never embarrassed. Because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young Iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet.

Americans have been hurting, but when we demanded solutions, too often Washington responded with the same stale mindset that led to failed policies like Obamacare. It's a mindset that gave us political talking points, not serious solutions.

Those that have received care here in Des Moines at the VA center or the VA hospital here have said that they do receive good care. However, it's getting into the system - the wait periods. We have to do something about that. The care here has been good. We're not seeing that in other states.

As a young girl, I plowed the fields of our family farm. I worked construction with my dad. To save for college, I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardees.

When I get to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork. Washington is full of big spenders. Let's make them squeal.

There's a lot we can achieve if we work together.