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. Katie Porter Read Quote
When I went to law school, I took a bankruptcy class with then-professor, now-Senator Elizabeth Warren. And I’ll never forget that first day of class, hearing her talk about the importance of the bankruptcy system. Katie Porter Read Quote
I became a professor myself, teaching bankruptcy and consumer protection. I conducted a national study of mortgage companies in bankruptcy. And what I found was that big banks routinely broke the law. Katie Porter Read Quote
We moved to South Central Iowa to the farm where my dad had grown up, where my grandfather had grown up. The house was actually, it was a tiny little house. It was about 600 square feet and it was built by my great-grandfather. And that’s the house I spent time in as a child. Katie Porter Read Quote
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. Katie Porter Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Katie Porter Read Quote
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. Katie Porter Read Quote
