I'm A Progressive Who Likes To Get

Women Can't Be Charged More Than Men For Our Health Insurance.

I Know What High Stakes Politics Demands, It Is A Twenty-four Seven, Totally Consuming Experience.

I've Had The Great Honor Of Traveling Across The World On Behalf Of Our Country. I've Been To Countries Where Governments Either Forced Women To Have Abortions, Like They Used To Do In China, Or Forced Women To Bear Children, Like The Used To Do In Romania.

Recently In Washington, Unfortunately, We Have Seen Examples Of The Wrong Kind Of Leadership -- When Politicians Choose Scorched Earth Over Common Ground, When They Operate In What I Call The 'evidence-free Zone,' With Ideology Trumping Everything Else.

Women Are Always Being Tested ... But Ultimately, Each Of Us Has To Define Who We Are Individually And Then Do The Very Best Job We Can To Grow Into It.