Elizabeth Emken

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

“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.”

“We have bloated, out-of-control, and unresponsive government agencies that need to be reined in and focused by Congress to deliver results.”

“I appeal to everyone who understands what it is to have kids in school, have a mortgage, to work for a living; to have someone in their family or in their life who is less-abled and who is going to need help from the government.”

“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.”

“Feinstein doesn't interact with the people at all, and I think it breeds cynicism.”

“In California, we've had a series of millionaires and billionaires and CEOs and movie stars. We need to take a hard look at how we define legitimate and credible candidates.”

“I'm not a millionaire, a billionaire, a CEO, or a movie star.”

“What has Dianne Feinstein done... I'll put my legislative background up against hers any day.”

“The position of Autism Speaks has been for quite awhile that we need to find out what's happening. We know there's a genetic component, and there's an environmental trigger, and until we get to the bottom of what's happening, no one knows what causes autism.”

“I believe reduced spending, lower taxation, and economic growth go hand-in-hand.”

“The way our federal agencies are funded, the way the authorizing of these programs are done, I think needs to be completely revamped.”

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

“My two careers have been very service-oriented.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“I think, of course, all senate races are national races.”