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When I consider issues in Washington, I regularly call on the wisdom and advice my mother gave Carl, my sister and me over the years. She taught us of hard work and persistence, she taught us of the sacrifices that mothers make for children and for our country, and she taught us of fairness.

Our mother's basic creed was that no one was any better than we were, and we were no better than anyone else. Equality and fairness were values she instilled in us from an early age.