As a member of the Senate Aging Committee, I've gone to bat for seniors by cracking down on senior fraud, combating price gouging by pharmaceutical companies, and pushing for wealthy individuals to contribute their fair share to Social Security.

I'll always stand up for America's seniors so they can age with dignity.

In America, we make a promise to seniors: After a lifetime of working and contributing to this country, you'll earn the benefit of a secure retirement, good health care, and peace of mind in your later years. To me, that's a commitment we have to keep.

I was one of the first senators to support marriage equality, and led the effort to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

I'm proud to have stood with the LGBTQ community my entire career.

As president, I won't just continue to defend women's civil rights from political attacks - I'll make guaranteeing those rights a priority.

As president, I will only nominate judges - including Supreme Court justices - who will commit to upholding Roe v. Wade as settled law and protect women's reproductive rights.

Throughout my career I've fought for the rights of women as full and equal members of society.

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

I believe that reproductive rights are human rights, and they are nonnegotiable.

As a candidate, Donald Trump said he would punish women for accessing abortion, and as president, he's made good on that promise by stacking the Supreme Court with anti-choice extremists Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.

When the NRA wants to prevent gun reform, they funnel money into the campaigns of candidates nationwide to make sure they don't vote for common sense gun reform. Insurance companies do the same to block Medicare for All and prevent us from guaranteeing health care as a right, not a privilege.

Show me a supposedly 'unfixable' problem in Washington, and I'll show you the political corruption standing in the way.

For too many, the shot for a brighter future is simply out of reach.

We deserve a president who inspires us to stand for something greater than ourselves.

President Trump is tearing apart the moral fabric of this country.

Our Declaration of Independence was the start of a conversation about how to achieve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for every citizen. Our Constitution was always intended to grow and adapt as we formed a more perfect union, established justice, and ensured peace, security, and the blessings of liberty.

I was new at my job, and I needed to address my inexperience and weaknesses head-on.

The silver lining of the Trump presidency is it is an era of activism, and one where women really want to be heard.

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.

A lot of members of Congress are isolated. They tend to be affluent. They tend to have a lot of people doing things for them. So sometimes they don't understand what their constituents are feeling.

It's a heavy feeling being in Washington. There are so many important issues at risk. You're in a fighting stance every day.

We'd certainly have paid leave already by now, we'd have equal pay, we'd have a living minimum wage - a lot of things would change having that diversity of opinion in Washington. We certainly wouldn't be debating whether women should have access to birth control.

I'm grateful that President Trump is willing to talk about paid leave, but his policy, unfortunately, is woefully inadequate.