In the same way we have a long-term plan for building roads, we have to have a long term plan to build transit.

Social justice is what drives me; it's why I'm here.

In every election homophobia has been part of the landscape and in every campaign I've been able to become connected enough to my constituents that they know who I am and that I can be elected on my merits.

People need to see where their dollars are going and what infrastructure is being built.

Hispanic' was the term adopted by the government - by the Nixon government in particular - and that made the community feel it was being branded.

There never was a democracy yet where the people didn't vote themselves into oblivion.

Wringing your hands about states' rights, forget it. They're gone. Basically, the federal government can do whatever it wants. Who's going to protect the states? My court? Ha - we're feds!

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.