As they see it.

"At last, some lawmakers who are my size."

--Colorado Senator Linda Newell (D), who stands 5 feet 0 inches tall, after welcoming 35 fifth-grade "junior senators" to the Capitol for Girls with Goals Day, in the Denver Post.

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"Like Old Mother Hubbard, we went to the cupboard and found the bones to make soup."

--Oregon Senator Jackie Winters (R) on the Legislative Assembly's successful rebalancing of the state's two-year budget at the end of the session, in the Statesman Journal.

"Clearly it's nice, but I've been black for 43 years, so I'm kind of used to this. So I don't feel any different."

--Arkansas Representative Darrin Williams (D), about being the first African American ever elected speaker-designate in the state, in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

"What we are getting is a lot of data, but not much information."

--Minnesota Senator Michelle Benson (R) about bills to require independent audits of health maintenance organizations, in the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.

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"It was under the radar, but believe me Wall Street noticed."

--Oklahoma Senate...