"There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to make sure we have good-paying jobs for everyone."
"Immigrants contribute more than they take. It is a lie that they take public benefits, because they don't qualify for just about every benefit."
"It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes."
"I am on the side of the working person across the country."
"The fact that the immigration issue was the first thing Trump took aim at was a good thing for me, because it's what I spent my life working on. It became a place to see what we've become as a country, and how overreach can actually serve to bring those of us on the Left and Democrats together."
"Districts are really different across the country, but the more that people on the progressive Left show power at the ballot box - and reclassify some of the ideas that we've called 'progressive,' but that are really mainstream ideas, like college for all - the better."
"We on the Left are very good at criticizing people, but we need to build the base to pull people to the Left."
"Can you be a progressive if you're anti-immigrant but pro-choice? No!"
"If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind raising the minimum wage and be clear on where we stand on trade deals."
"As we say we fight for working people, we have to make sure our policies reflect that."
"I want to remind women of color out there to stand your ground, and don't ever be afraid to speak up."
"After 9/11, I had just become an American citizen, and I remember sitting in front of my TV set watching the news of the attacks, in tears. I remember thinking to myself, 'Nothing is ever going to be the same in this country for people who look like me.'"
"My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table."
"If someone tells me that something can't be done, that makes me more determined to do it."
"There isn't really precedent for asylum seekers' being criminally prosecuted at the border before they've had a 'credible fear' hearing. You come seeking asylum. Seeking asylum is not illegal."
"Ripping children away from their parents has a particular shameful history, both in this country and around the world."
"We must be clear: Donald Trump is lying when he conflates immigrants coming across the border with MS-13 gangs."
"Individuals whose asylum claims have been accepted have gone on to become professors, soldiers in our military, artists, and more."
"Every hour that goes by with family separation policies in effect is another hour that mothers weep thinking of their children, another hour that kids are fearfully wondering where their parents have been taken, another hour that trauma deepens."
"We are a country that has always been known for providing opportunities to people. We have lost a lot of that opportunity."
"I was on the committee that helped raise the minimum wage here in Seattle. I introduced a statewide bill to raise the minimum wage in Washington state my first year in the state senate, and I really believe that raising the federal minimum wage, while not the answer to everything, addresses a lot of the issues at the very bottom."
"We have to have a planet to pass on to the next generation, and these issues of climate change and climate justice and the disproportionate burdens that communities of color actually bear from our damaging climate is a huge issue."
"I have my chops in organizing, and I know how to create political space through movement building."
"Trump has hated Amazon for a long time, and I think that that came out in many interviews that he's done with 'Vanity Fair' and with others."
"Fundamentally, I've always been a fan of actually looking at our whole state tax system and really figuring out how we reform our tax system so that everyone's paying their fair share but we don't have a lot of nickel and diming with 100 taxes that end up hitting people that maybe can't bear it the most."
