“Women are problem solvers, and often we don't get much credit for that because t…” — Mazie Hirono

As I walk to my office every morning, I know I stand on the shoulders of those who came before me.

Protecting Medicare and Social Security, health care, workers' rights, and a woman's right to choose remain top priorities for me.

I am fighting kidney cancer. And I'm just so grateful that I had health insurance so that I could concentrate on the care that I needed rather than how the heck I was going to afford the care that was going to probably save my life.

Women feel we need to be much better prepared, that we need to have a lot of experience behind us before we run for office.