I think the wall is stupid; it's a waste of the taxpayer's money. We need the money for job growth, infrastructure, 100 other things... it sends a bad message.

Discriminatory wage practices undermine women's ability to provide for their families and survive on a decent retirement income.

I have always stood up to protect women's access to safe and legal abortion, birth control and health care at Planned Parenthood.

I didn't know how to pass a major piece of legislation; I didn't know how to get colleagues to support my views. It took a lot of asking for advice and learning. One of the lessons is that you have to be able to tell people why you care, and you're only going to be able to do that if you talk to someone whom an issue is affecting.

I have an amazing metabolism. I'm sure that'll be gone one day. But I like to exercise, too, so I don't think I'll ever get really fat.

Socially, the Cuban revolution created an education system and health service that remain the envy of much of the neo-liberal world.

The average person doesn't understand what a stem cell is. There's a lack of health literacy in our nation. So the public can't really get into this dialogue because they don't understand the complexity of stem cells, not the faith-based approach, not the ideological or political, but the science behind stem cells.

Health care has become a political football that is being tossed back and forth by both sides in Washington. And it's divided our country.