19 Quotes by Katie Porter

Yeah, my parents really valued education; they were both educators. But it was definitely true that I grew up in an area where a lot people didn't go to college. A lot of people did two years, a kind of terminal two years at community college.

I felt like there was a real opportunity to help people understand that if you're concerned about what's happening in Washington, then you have voice. And that voice is your vote.

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

I kept working during my campaign because I needed to feed my family. As a single mom of three kids, I have a lot of child care that I needed to juggle, and I was a first-time candidate.

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.

What I did as a professor is not that different than what I do in hearings.

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.

I happen to love financial services.