I just think it's so important not to take yourself too seriously.
— Kamala Harris
Who of us has not had that situation where you've got to wait for approval, and the doctor says, 'Well, I don't know if your insurance company is going to cover this?' Let's eliminate all of that.
Hate crime is not new in the United States.
Listen, I think that people want a president who is going to be interested in the things that keep them up at night, the things that are weighing on them, the things that are debilitating and can be addressed.
My mother cooked like a scientist. She had a giant Chinese-style cleaver that she chopped with, and a cupboard full of spices.
I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies.
The bottom line on the Hyde Amendment is that it is directly, in effect, targeting poor women and women who don't have money.
And so I would not enforce a law that would reject people and turn them away without giving them a fair and due process to determine if we should give them asylum and refuge.
Instead of giving corporations a big tax cut, let's give the middle class a real, permanent tax cut.
It was an act of patriotism when we worked to pass a law allowing the prosecution of federal hate crimes in the name of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd.
Sexism is real in this country.
The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair, and just, and they want their country to reflect those ideals.
If we do not lift up women and families, everyone will fall short.
Let's be clear about this, and let's be clear: we should not be creating incentives to house people in prison. We should be creating incentives instead to shut the revolving door into prison.
As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.
A family shares hardships and a connected history.
I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision.
We need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, period.
If segregationists had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate today, I would not be a top contender to be president of the United States.
Part of my focus on what we need to do around smart gun safety laws is recognize we have to have more enforcement around gun dealers.
I was standing on a ladder outside the Homestead juvenile immigrant detention center outside Miami, looking over the fence, and I saw children lined up like prisoners. They had been separated from their families and put in this private detention facility. It was horrible.
Here's the thing: every office I've run for I was the first to win. First person of color. First woman. First woman of color. Every time.
I understood that with the swipe of my pen as a prosecutor, I would have the decision in my pen to make a decision about someone's life.
I support Medicare for all. It is my preferred policy.
I disagree with any policy that would turn America's back on people who are fleeing harm. I frankly believe that it is contrary to everything that we have symbolically and actually said we stand for.
In this great country, we celebrate success. We don't want to penalize those who have done well.
Anti-Semitism is real in this country.
Racism is real in this country.
California is not just the Golden State. We are also the Internet State.
Over the course of my career in law enforcement, I have witnessed over and over again the selflessness and sacrifice of law enforcement who lay their lives on the line every day to protect people who they will never meet and people who will never know their names.
As a young prosecutor right out of law school at the Alameda County DA's office that Earl Warren once led, I started my work.
History has proven that each generation of Howard graduates will forge the way forward for our country and our world.
I've had the honor of speaking at many commencements.
I believe you've got to do your due diligence.
My mother came from India to go to the University of California, Berkeley.
There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day. That little girl was me.
I'm prepared to say that law enforcement should be allowed to seize the guns of those who are suspected to be involved in domestic terrorism.
I did not learn the flaws of the criminal-justice system in law school or college or by reading about it. I grew up knowing the flaws and how it was disproportionately impacting the black community. It's not academic for me.
I'm not good at talking about myself.
Well, yeah, people are working in our country. You know what? They're working two and three jobs, and in our America, people should not have to work more than one job to be able to put food on the table and have a roof over their head.
If you want to deal with an epidemic - crime or health - the smartest and most effective and cheapest way to deal with it is prevention first.
I was born realizing the flaws in the criminal justice system.
I grew up hearing stories about my grandmother - my mother's mother - who used to go to villages in India in her little VW bug. My grandmother would take a bullhorn and make sure women in these villages knew how to access birth control.
Homophobia is real in this country.
We don't have to let extremists define us.
California has a special relationship with the Internet. Many of the core technologies that power the Internet were invented here. Many of the most successful online entrepreneurs and content creators - in business, the arts, and countless other endeavors - got their start here.
DACA recipients risk a lot to come out of the shadows & sign up, but many will tell you the risk is worth being able to live and work in the only country they've ever known as home. DACA recipients serve in our military, work in Fortune 100 companies, and conduct important medical research.
We've got to keep our eye on what's happening with Russia and North Korea. We cannot lose sight of domestic policy, either. Healthcare. Immigration. Climate change.
A family looks for ways to support and inspire one another.
Lena Waithe won an Emmy for writing while starring on the Netflix show 'Master of None,' but it might be more accurate to call her a Master of Everything.
