You cannot be a party which takes money from Wall Street, which is not strong on the pharmaceutical industry, which is ripping us off every day, which is not strong on health care in taking on the insurance companies, which has not shown a desire to stand up and fight the economic establishment, and then tell working families that you are on their side. People see through that.

We are going to fight to pass the long over-due Equal Rights Amendment.

We have got to mobilize people and rethink our commitment in terms of what our role is in the political process.

Republicans talk a good game about veterans, but when it came to put money on the line to protect our veterans, frankly, they were not there.

I think it is important that independent government agencies be put in charge of investigating misconduct so that police departments are no longer allowed to police themselves. There is a conflict of interest there which, I believe, allows police to excuse their own behavior.

Every major country on earth, whether it's the U.K., whether it's France, whether it's Canada, has managed to provide healthcare to all people as a right and they are spending significantly less per capita on health care than we are. So I do not accept the belief that the United States of America can't do that.

Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.