Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue.

We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities.

Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings.

Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them enforced.

Before Medicare, nearly half of American seniors were forced to go without coverage because insurance companies were reluctant to insure them - making the chances of having health insurance as a senior the same as getting tails on a coin flip.

In a successful health system, the proportion of per-capita health dollars used for home care, outpatient primary care, and preventive services should actually increase, not decrease, relative to those for acute hospital care.

Seeing the body heal itself and come back from injuries is something that just makes me value my body and health even more. I love everything about it.

I never want to try to be a spokesperson for health and wellness because I most definitely am not the most in shape person in the world.