Mazie Hirono Quotes

Millennials, minorities, women - until we can connect with those populations, we're going to have some difficulty electorally.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues.

We need to go everywhere. There is not one county in this state, I don't care how far west you go, that doesn't have Democrats. We have to be proud of who we are.

The thing that Tea Parties have to understand, you can't govern if you don't get elected.

The Negro has not only come into the Democratic Party, but the Negro has come into control of the Democratic Party.

Conservatives of Western North Carolina should send Mark Meadows to Congress. We need his help.

It's extremely important that we elect people that look like the population they serve.

We are, as a Democratic Party, really highlight and emphasize inclusiveness and diversity at our convention, and so we want to give every opportunity to grass-roots activists and diverse committed Democrats to be able to participate, attend, and be a delegate at the convention.

While there are plenty of reasons that we lost in 2016, there's at least one that we can definitely fix for next time: We can make sure that no one is left behind in where we go, in who we talk to, in what we say, and in what we do.

You've got to do the same sort of outreach to Hispanics that you do to any other group. They want to see their congressman.

I think it's important that we have different perspectives. We need more diversity in Congress.

You draw a district for that particular minority - African American, Asian, Hispanic - so those folks have the right to elect whoever they want. If they don't decide to elect someone who sounds like them or looks like them, they can pick anyone they want.

I think it's important to always have diversity, in our Congress or anywhere, but you also need diversity not just for women of color who are most underrepresented, but diversity in different walks of life.

Every Indian has a right to take part in politics. Why not me?

I think we need to show people that they have a place in the Democratic Party, whether they come from San Francisco or St. Louis.

If I'm privileged to be elected, I'd be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.

As the MP for Islington South and Finsbury, I have the privilege of representing one of the most diverse constituencies in the U.K.

I think, I want to see a Republican Party that has more folks that, that look and sound and operate like I do.

When I first ran for office in 2010, I was 32 years old. The average age in Congress was 69. I was a brown woman whose name was Reshma Saujani - a name most people couldn't pronounce. And there was never a South Asian woman who had ever run for United States Congress before.

Whenever the Congress represents the increasing diversity of the United States, that's a good thing.

I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.

I operate on the assumption that as a member of Congress, presently, I represent everybody - Republicans, Democrats, independents and, yes, some people who don't care to participate.

I am convinced that my dark-horse candidacy helped pave the way for women and members of underserved communities to seek political office.

In the district I represent, I have to talk to everybody.