I registered Democrat because my parents did. They were, we were. There was no thinking behind it.

Growing up I never imagined a little girl from a border town could one day become a governor. But this is America. In America algo es possible.

We call on the Senate to reject any judicial nominee who does not affirm fundamental civil rights, including a woman's right [to obtain an abortion on demand]. The threat an [pro-life] judiciary poses to women's lives demands nothing less.

When I first registered to vote I registered as a Democrat.

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears.

Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account.