As a 10-year-old girl, I would listen to my grandmother discuss issues, and she made a lasting impression on me.

I don't think clients you represented as an associate are relevant ... I think how you vote is relevant.

Hardworking men and women deserve not only job security, but also a paycheck when they need to take time off to care for a loved one.

Unfortunately, our [american] workplace rules are stuck in the seventies, when, out of a block of 10 houses, in more than half of them the husband went to work and the wife stayed home. Now on that same block almost eight of the wives work. That's one reason why I want equal pay for equal work, and why affordable day care, early childhood education, and universal pre-K are so important to me.

If we expect our children to thrive at our colleges and universities, and succeed in our economy once they graduate - first we must make quality, affordable early childhood education accessible to all.

While we can never truly repay the debt we owe our heroes, the least we should do for our brave veterans is to ensure that the government takes a proactive approach to delivering the services and benefits they have earned, so they can access the care they need and so richly deserve.

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nations faith in its elected leaders.