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Most people are balancing 10 or 20 priorities. I have two. My family and my work.

I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.

I had worked my whole life. Until I became a mother, that's the only way I measured my value.

My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.

Throughout my career, no matter what I've done or what decision I've made, I've made it with my family first. My priority was taking care of my family while I was taking care of business.

I can't tell you how much everyone has worked so hard for me, as well as myself.

I'm not concentrated or concerned with any other factors rather than just being able to do the best job that I can.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110%, or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.

I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.

Generally, I think my work has so much influence because of its reasonableness.