The central question in this election [2016] is really what kind of country we want to be and what kind of future we'll build together.

When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions?... Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices... people are struggling with those profound issues.

China is starting an English-speaking television network around the world, Russia is, Al Jazeera. And the BBC is cutting back on its many language services around the world.

You shouldn't have a profit motivation to fill prison cells with young Americans.

I would want to see the Supreme Court reverse Citizens United and get dark, unaccountable money out of our politics.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard.

I am a member of Congress. And I do have a choice as to whether or not to continue as DNC chair and be neutral and do everything I can and put in the kind of time and hours and days on the road that I do to make sure that we can elect Democrats up and down the ballot and elect a Democrat as president. Or I could not be chair and go work for the candidate of my choice. I`m choosing to remain as chair so that I can fight like hell to make sure that the jokers on the other side of the aisle aren`t able to get hold of the White House.