We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.

People say to me all the time, "Oh, you do such a good job unifying the House Democrats." I say, "I don't. Our values unify us. We are unified with our commitment to America's working families about job creation, about budget policies that invest in the future, good-paying jobs."

I have always said, in my own rise in the leadership, please don't ever ask anybody to vote for me because I'm a woman.

If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.

When someone challenges you, your supporters turn out.

Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.

On the subject of money and politics and the rest, I have a DARE: Disclose who are these people; Amend the Constitution to overturn Citizens United; Reform: let's have public financing of campaigns; and Empower.