"If you want to learn about new ideas that are really working to improve the daily lives of American families, ask a governor. As a former two-term governor of Indiana, I appreciate the fresh perspectives of those who serve outside of Washington. They are responsible and accountable for actually making government work."
-- Sen. Evan Bayh, DLC Chairman
Indiana Governor (1989-'97), Secretary of State (1986-'89)

"What I love to do more than anything is to bring people together and solve problems. I don't care if an idea is a conservative idea of a liberal idea, so long as it works. The thing I enjoyed most about being governor was solving real problems for people, and as governor, I got to do that everyday."
-- Sen. Tom Carper, DLC Chair for Best Practices Delaware Governor (1993-2001), State Treasurer (1977-'83)

"Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once famously described states as the 'laboratories of democracy.' I certainly can confirm that my administration borrowed heavily from the policy innovations developed by governors all across the country, beginning with my own experiences as governor of Arkansas."
-- President William J. Clinton, former DLC Chairman
Arkansas Governor (1979-'81, '83-'92), Attorney General (1976-'78)

"One reason I'm so adamant about maintaining fiscal discipline in Washington is my experience as treasurer of a state that was constitutionally required to maintain fiscal discipline"
-- Sen. Mary Landrieu
Louisiana State Representative (1980-'84), State Treasurer (1984-'92)

"I sometimes long for the days when I was the chief law enforcement officer of Connecticut as its Attorney General. When I saw abuses of law or of the people's trust, I could do something immediate about it."
-- Sen. Joe Lieberman, former DLC Chairman
Connecticut State Senator (1971-'80), State Attorney General (1983-'88)