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" Once you've been a mayor, you look to try to get things done. "

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" We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly. "

" I don't particularly care to know the names of the people in the Freedom Caucus. "

" I've taken legislation that people have been trying to pass for 10 or 15 years, and I got it passed. "

" I always tell people that being the mayor of an urban city for eight years was like getting run over by a truck every day. There's inner satisfaction, but 24 hours a day, every day, I'm on duty. "

" I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism. "

" ISIL is dangerous. They're a threat. They're a brutal, horrible force that needs to be dealt with. "

" My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work. "

" One of the best things we can do for our country, for advancing our children, is to upgrade our child care system. "

" We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative. "

" I have learned how to take votes where I had to hold my nose because I had to compromise - something that you learn to do, especially when you have been in the minority. "

" Creating on-campus communities for student veterans will help ease the transition from military to student life by providing networking opportunities, assistance with federal benefits, and career services. "

" I really do believe in succession building and giving people experience for future leadership. "

" A lone voice isn't as important as a collective voice. "

" Closing the gun show loophole would be a good thing to do. "

" A North Korea that has the capability to use a nuclear weapon that can reach an American city or those of an ally poses a grave challenge as the U.S. seeks to preserve peace and stability in the region. "

" Issues become much more real to me when I have stories back home. "

" I do not want to send anybody else's child to war. "

" I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services? "

" I definitely think there should be stronger gun safety laws, including prohibiting the sale of assault weapons, probably banning the sale of certain magazines that allow you to fire a large amount of bullets. "

" We are a nation of laws, and we should live by the rule of law. And sometimes we should have a little bit of common sense. "

" Veterans are one area where Republicans and Democrats have made progress together. "

" We can't just pop off and drop a bomb on North Korea and think everything's going to be OK. It just doesn't work like that. It's a complicated puzzle. "

" We must engage with China to try and put as much pressure on North Korea as possible. "

" I think I have a gene in me to always fight for the underdog, which I've done since I was a kid. "

" I am not one of those who thinks that Congress needs to be in session 24 hours a day interfering in peoples' lives. "

" When I was a young kid, girls were taught that their role in life was to get married and have children. It was the 1950s. Those were the rules. "

" There should be no room in our society for any type of religious bigotry. "

" There's always been incivility in politics. "

" We are held up by the radical Muslims as the enemy. So every time we go into one of these countries to do - we think - the right thing, we become propaganda for this radical movement. "

" Japan and South Korea are two of America's greatest trading partners and home to important U.S. military bases. "