She later apologized, saying " I'm very sorry it happened.

She later apologized to Ferraro.

A supporter of the bill, Sen. Joe Lieberman ( I-CT ), told reporters: " She was very frustrated and apologized to both of us.

She repeatedly apologized to him, but Omiya, unaware of the murder, assumed that she was apologizing for having taken another lover.

She publicly apologized for the incident.

She apologized to " those people who felt hurt ".

" She should have apologized for spreading and encouraging ignorance.

She apologized to Shaggy for using him but admitted her dog came first.

She apologized to the court for her lack of knowledge of court procedures, and said that she was not homophobic: " While we do not support, encourage or endorse their lifestyle, we hold nothing against them personally.

She later apologized to him and made plans to go out with him again, but the relationship apparently ended, as he is never mentioned on the series again.

She apologized to everyone, then crashed her specially equipped car after taking medication with champagne.

She later apologized, saying that she " did not intend to make it a racial issue.

" She later apologized on the air for her inappropriate language.

") She then apologized to Theresa for not having trusted her, welcomed her to the family, and displayed new-found faith in Theresa ; after Theresa promised Ivy that she'd be good to Ethan, Ivy's last words on the show were a tearful " I believe you.

She was first buried in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC., but later was re-interred at Montpelier next to her husband.

She represented Washington's Third Congressional District as a Democrat.

She voted against a Constitutional amendment banning flag-burning and against a Congressional resolution supporting the display of the Ten Commandments in courtrooms.

She also was a Congressional aide and in 2007, she was named executive director of the Republican Leadership Council, her mother's organization which promotes moderate Republicanism.

She has worked on the secretariat staff of Secretaries Kissinger and Vance, and as a Congressional Fellow in the office of former U. S. Senator Bob Dole.

She was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian honors.

She also served as treasurer of the Congressional Club, a group composed of the wives of congressmen and Cabinet members.

She was the founder, and served as the first chair of the board of directors, of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction and is a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal ( co-presentation with her husband, Gerald R. Ford, October 21, 1998 ) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom ( alone, presented 1991, by George H. W. Bush ).

She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and its co-chair.

She has also served as the Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation ( 1998 – 1999 ) and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

She has also been active on the Congressional Children's Caucus, Democratic Homeland Security task force and the livable communities task force.

She is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

She has been re-elected consistently with at least 70 % of the popular vote in the California's 35th congressional district after significant parts of the pre-1990 29th California Congressional District were folded into the newly defined 35th California Congressional District when California gained seven additional seats in the House following the 1990 United States Census.

She was also a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and of the New Democrat Coalition and was considered a front-runner for the job of Secretary of Transportation if John Kerry had been elected President in 2004.

She is also a member of the Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus.

She co-chairs the Congressional Mental Health Caucus with Rep. Tim Murphy ( R-PA ).

She is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and is Co-Chair of the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus ( she co-founded this caucus ).

She is also co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse.

She said, “ No child in the 4th Congressional District, Long Island, or anywhere throughout our nation should ever go without medical care.

She is a member of the Congressional Cuba Democracy Caucus.

She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

She established a Nursing Trust for local villages, and served on various committees and councils responsible for footpaths and other country life issues.

She was better known than her three sisters during her lifetime and headed Red Cross committees during World War I.

She is a member of the California Indian Basket Weavers Association, she serves on several committees and organizations, Chaffey College Equity Council, Pomona Human Relations Board Member, Riverside School District Native American Consultant, California Indian Education Association, and she is President of Residential Motivators, her consulting firm.

She was also not a member of any House committees.

She became involved with many literacy organizations, served on literacy committees and chaired many reading organizations.

She is an active voice in numerous committees of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS ), and the National Science Foundation.

She was also a member of the Local Government and Public Services, Voluntary Sector Partnership, South Wales West Regional, and Standards committees in the National Assembly.

Abbott pioneered the process of incorporating sociological data relating to child labor, juvenile delinquency, dependency and statistics into the lawmaking process ; she spent much of her time as a political lobbyist for social issues in Washington, D. C .. She was associated with the Social Security Administration from 1934 until her death in 1939 ; during that time period, Abbott helped in the drafting of the Social Security Act and chaired several government committees on child welfare and social issues.

She became the target of Vigilance or " Watch " committees and others opposing music-hall licences.

She currently sits on the House Appropriations and Standards of Official Conduct committees.

She has served on many groups and committees, and is a member of the Fabian Society.

She was also a member of Labour Party backbench committees on Home Affairs ( 2002 -), Education and Employment ( 1997 – 2001 ), Health ( 1997 – 2001 ) and International Development ( 1997 – 2001 ).

She has served on a number of select committees including the Modernisation and Accommodation and Works Committee ( 2004 – 2005 ), the European Scrutiny Committee ( 2004 – 2005 ) and Trade and Industry Select Committee ( 2005 – 2007 ).

She is a member the Parliamentary Labour Party committees on education and employment ; health and social services, and culture, media and sport.

She was a junior environment minister in the 1980s and chaired select committees in the 1990s.

She presides the College Council and several college committees.

She said Ms Rosmah had been selected " through a process which engages several committees within the university " and was being recognised for founding and driving the Permata early childhood centres in Malaysia, which " enable children below the age of five to experience quality early learning ".

She served on the ethics committees of the Royal College of Gynaecologists from 1982 to 1997, and of the University College London and University College Hospital from 1987 to 1997.

She served with distinction on many committees.

She has been a member of several parliamentary committees and is currently a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

She became extraordinarily active in women's organisations and welfare organisations, serving on numerous committees.

She has also served on a number of government committees, including the National Consumer Council, the Health Education Authority and the Campaign for Quality Television.

She chaired bills committees such as the 2004 Education ( Revised ) Bill and the 2004 Examination Authority Bill, and was vice-chair of the panel on environmental affairs.

She chaired the environmental and energy committees, helping to pass energy conservation and recycling legislation and worked on rewriting land use planning laws, and in her third term, chaired the education subcommittee of the ways and means committee.