In 2007, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Democrats will come together as we should to make sure that we can defeat Donald Trump and elect our party's nominee.

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.

Unpledged delegates exist really to make sure that party leaders and elected officials don't have to be in a position where they are running against grassroots activists.

Even the Republicans themselves have acknowledged they have a diversity problem. If you look at their autopsy report following the 2012 election, they have specifically said they would continue to lose presidential elections unless they address the problem that they have with their alienation of minority groups.

Safety has been my top legislative priority. I'm driven by the idea that safety is really a core function of government.

It's perfectly O.K. to not be completely predictable. I am a person, and I have individual opinions that may not line up ideologically.

The reality is I have a job as a national party chair that, one, requires a thick skin. It requires me to be able to absorb the body blows so our candidates can stay above the fray.

I know that electing Hillary Clinton as our next president is critical for America's future.

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.