The tea party had a lot of nasty tactics that were needlessly aggressive and petty and scary. But they proved it is indeed possible for a committed, relatively small number of folks across the country to make Congress listen to them and to slow and stop an agenda.

If people don't get as engaged as the tea party was, we're going to lose.

When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York.

Progressives are the majority; we won the popular vote by a long shot and Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans representing mainly rich old white men are a minority. If we stand up together and use the effective strategies and tactics the tea party used, we believe we can stop them.

You have to be local. You have to focus on your local members of Congress.

I really do not think there is a serious split between Republicans and Democrats in Congress in how responsive they are to constituents.

Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent to make your voice heard.