At the recent Yangmingshan seminar for new government officials, Yeh Chu-lan gave a short interview, stressing, "When I first ran for office I was not playing the role of a housewife pinch-hitting for her husband. I was already an influential female executive in my professional field. And even though I went into politics due to my husband's sacrifice, I was only willing to do so because I shared his beliefs.
在陽明山新首長聯誼會上，葉菊蘭接受短暫訪談時強調，「當初出來競選，就不是家庭主婦代夫出征的角色，我在我的領域本來就是位叱吒風雲的女主管，雖然因為先生犧牲而走上政治，也是因為認同先夫的理念才願意出來。