I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.

I am a prosecutor in my bones. When I see something, I immediately go to: how is this going to affect a child?

I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.

I love being in a courtroom.

These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.

I could do all of my activities at Howard because it was an environment that had essentially rid the ideology of false choices that I feel absolutely constricts young black students.

I work out every morning. Only half an hour. I get on the treadmill. That's it. Every morning, I don't care what time. It gets your blood flowing. It gets your adrenaline flowing. I believe in eating well. It's not fanatical. Eat good food. Make sure you've got good vegetables.