Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincolnwas a U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. Lincoln, a member of the Democratic Party, was first elected to the Senate in 1998; she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman ever elected to the Senate. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 September 1960
CountryUnited States of America
Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed.
Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual process.
We go to foreign countries and say, 'Our farmers will do what is right,' but turn deaf and dumb when those countries do not play by the same rules.
I am not normally a betting person, but I say that putting your money on the American people is about as close to a sure bet as you are going to get.
It's not my job to dream your dreams. It's my job to make your dreams become a reality.
A common misconception is that the costs of health care are cheaper in rural America, when in fact the reality is that they are more expensive and more difficult to access.
Spending and tax cut decisions must be both fiscally responsible and fair to our working families. I believe that fiscal responsibility is the way to create prosperity for America and secure the retirement of America's seniors.
If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.
At a time when U.S. jobs are heading overseas at a record pace, and amidst increased sanctions on our manufacturers and producers from other countries, it's imperative that we do all we can to provide our businesses a climate to operate successfully.
It certainly makes no sense to enact more laws if we cannot, or do not, enforce the ones we have.
Many Americans are unaware that we still have a large population of working families, elderly, and children who rely on emergency food pantries, shelters, and other resources to meet their nutritional needs.
In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue.
Now, I do come from a part of the country where the people say that the only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line or roadkill.
Right and wrong becomes more difficult for each of us as we grow older, because the older we get the more we know personally about our own human frailties.