ELIZABETH EMKEN

Ironically, if you look at Dianne Feinstein's profile and you look at my profile, I'm the 99 percent. Dianne Feinstein's the one percent. She appeals to one percent.

I take on daunting tasks.

We all know Sen. Feinstein is out of touch, but just to make it worse, by not embracing today's technology, she isn't even connected. Out of touch and disconnected.

In California, for so long now, our families have been struggling in this economic environment, and Dianne Feinstein, been in office nearly half a century, is out of touch of what women and families are going through in California.

I'm no fan of what I've seen health insurance companies do.

My son has autism, and I founded the government relations department at Autism Speaks.

Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.

You know, my background, I was at a non-profit for years.

I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver.

When you look at a Congress that has an 84 percent disapproval rating, that means that for the most part, the people of this country, and certainly California, are looking for new leadership.

I know how to take good ideas and turn them into sensible law at great odds.

My son is a blessing in every way.

I think we need to have more women in the Republican Party talking about what it is we're trying to do for families.

The federal government secures the border; Californians decide how we want to treat our population. I think we need a vibrant guest worker program. If we have one, we're going to stop having a lot of issues at the border.

I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can parachute in with checks for $5 million or $10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I'm rejecting that premise.

The genetics of autism are real, but there are also environmental triggers.

I believe both parties are sending the wrong kind of people to Washington, D.C.

What's more difficult than knowing there's an effective treatment for your children, but you can't afford to offer it to them because it's not covered by insurance?

We need new energy back in Washington.

My husband and I work for a living.

I think we need a vibrant guest worker program. If we have one, we're going to stop having a lot of issues at the border.

Anyone that tells you what does or what doesn't cause autism is simply not basing that on facts.

If we foster business growth and create opportunities, then our economy will again thrive.

My two careers have been very service-oriented.

You know what they want in the Central Valley? They want water.