Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.

I believe that we won't get the fullest contribution from women, they won't be able to reach their fullest aspirations, until we take a completely different look at how we make healthcare more affordable, higher quality, with better access to many more women.

The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves engaged in. A prescription drug plan that added enormous amounts to our spending, and the tax cuts at the high end that did not create jobs and create revenue coming.

[The Republicans] have come up with nothing. They say repeal and replace. That has alliteration.

I think that people have great anger over what happened in 2008 in terms of the economy.

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.