The only real solution is comprehensive immigration reform that secures our borders and provides a path to legal status for non-felons who are here without proper legal documentation.Collection: Legal
Anger is just not who I am, and I don't think it's what voters in the 6th district want. They want respectful, decent representation that contrasts so starkly with what we have in Washington.Collection: Anger
The minimum wage should be a living wage.
Grass-roots politics, linking small-dollar fundraising to massive local volunteer organization, showed that it can rival the power of a right-wing machine comprising super PACs backed by entrenched interests and mega-donors.
The basic job of any campaign is to translate grassroots energy into turnout.
I identify as a Georgian who wants to do right by Georgia.
Hope, decency, and unity are not mere catchwords.
I try to shy away from labels and focus on the issues.
I'm pragmatic.
One out of four hundred and thirty-five members of the House is not going to transform the culture of the institution, but we've got to start somewhere.
I'm not that interested in labels or litmus tests.
We can't let Donald Trump put us at risk.
I've been reaching out to voters across the political spectrum from the very beginning.
Metro Atlanta has virtually unlimited economic potential.
I'll tell you where I stand on the issues, and then I'll let the pundits decide how to label me.
I'm trying to make the case to voters across the political spectrum that someone who brings a younger perspective - a fresher perspective... can change the culture in Washington more effectively than someone who has run for office 9 or 10 times.
I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress.
I held top-secret security clearance.
I worked on Capitol Hill for five years, and I saw how things work and how they do not. I saw the partisanship, the gridlock, the pettiness, and the corruption.
News flash: The federal government is not the most efficient institution in the world. Taxpayers know that.
Folks across the spectrum wants more efficient management of their tax dollars.
I am honoured to have the support of so many strong and determined women.
I think international business experience is an asset in a congressional candidate, particularly in a district with so much international commerce.
One of the rules of running for Congress is no matter where you go, you speak like you're speaking to the whole district.
I made it clear that I can run a positive campaign and do it better.
At the structural level, when the primary is all that matters, the incentives change for politicians. And, when you can earn media coverage with bombast and vitriol, that creates another incentive for politicians to light things on fire.
There's a coalition of folks here in Georgia who want representation that's focused on local economic development and on accountability and not on the partisan circus in Washington.
My job is to make the case that I'll do the best job possible representing the people of Georgia's Sixth District, and what they want is representation that's focused on them and not this national partisan political circus.
What we need is a bipartisan commitment to improving the laws on the books, to lower premiums, to improve access and improve quality of care.
The role of money in politics is a major problem and particularly the role of unchecked anonymous money.
Both parties in Washington waste too much of your money. When I worked there, I helped expose waste and abuse by government contractors.
I want to see ISIS destroyed.
As an investigative filmmaker, I helped expose atrocities committed by ISIS against women and girls. They are evil, and we have to stop them.
As a national security aid, I worked with our military to strengthen our national defense.
I don't support any increase in income tax rates.
I think we need a lot less ideology around health care.
Voting rights are constitutional rights.
The overwhelming majority of Americans want decent and civil political dialogue, and candidates for office and elected leaders must continue to call for calm and unity, even when there are intense differences of opinion.