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I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.

I have supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality, and fairness for all.

I have been into social work since 45 years, and at an average, every day for one or two hours, I have been engaging in social discourses. It is not a small thing.

Much of my work strikes me as pretty unified: as a lawyer, working in several areas, I have thought about how to promote freedom of speech broadly for everyone.

Throughout my work as a state legislator and member of Congress since 2002, I have worked as hard as I could to build bridges. I've worked to combat anti-Semitism and confront Holocaust denial. I've organized dozens of meetings to promote interfaith dialogue and joint projects.

I'm a person who's always been politically active and passionate about people's rights.

I've made a lifetime commitment to the union movement and to public education.

In my work as an actress and an activist, I've spent many years working with low income communities and people of color who don't always have a voice in our political process.

As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse.

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way.