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I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

- Katie Porter
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The financial instability and sometimes insecurity that families feel, deeply motivates how they respond politically.

It is my preference that the Democratic Party leads us forward in a way that is about standing up to special interests, in a way that advances campaign finance reform, in a way that fights for meaningful prescription drug reform.

We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like mine, and they did. What they deserve back is a leader who puts democracy first.

I'm not being asked to conform to some prior expectation of what a Congress member is, but I'm just getting to be me.

I just offer you proof that you can win on the policies that you believe in, and that are authentic to you and your experience and that speak to your community, anywhere in the country.

I won, we won, because we grew the base of voters who share our values - not because we tried to talk Republicans into embracing us just long enough to cast a ballot.

I try to ask a question rather than give a speech.

I happen to love financial services.

Congress wasn't built for members like me. For those of us who have young children, which is a minority, there's definitely the built-in assumption of a two-parent model... There is no template for how to do this in my situation as a single mom.

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I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of three kids.