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I'm pretty much a vegetarian.

I'm a vegan, but you can be really unhealthy as a vegan, too.

I've been a vegan for about 15 years.

I wasn't a vegan when I came to Congress. It was a decision I made soon after I got here, and it's had such a positive impact on my life that I decided to try to help others as well.

I call myself a vegetarian with vegan tendencies.

I'm not a true vegan.

I am vegetarian, though, and so is my family.

I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I'm not a vegan for health reasons - although obviously I'm 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that's true. But I'm a vegan for compassionate reasons.

I grew up in Texas, eating meat five times a day, and I liked meat. But I began being a vegetarian when I was 19 because I found that I felt better.