I'm a proud product of the American middle class.

When I was secretary of state, I went around the world advocating for America, but also advocating for women's rights, to make sure that women had a decent chance to have a better life and negotiated a treaty with Russia to lower nuclear weapons. Four hundred pieces of legislation have my name on it as a sponsor or cosponsor when I was a senator for eight years.

I believe in America, and I still do.

I am determined that we're going to get the economy really moving again, building on the progress, but never going back to what got us in trouble in the first place.

We have to do more to make it easier for parents to balance work and family. If you left college with a ton of loans, it`s not enough just to make college more affordable. You need help right now with the debt you already have.

We have to make the economy fairer. That starts with raising the national minimum wage and also guarantee, finally, equal pay for women's work.

I`m running for president because everyday Americans and their families need a champion, and I want to be that champion. I want to make the words middle class mean something again.