Part of the beauty of Victoria's Secret modeling is that they are called 'Angels' for a reason - because they're aesthetics are supposed to be unobtainable. But so are mine. No one could ever be me. Look exactly as I do. Be exactly as I am.

Some people say there's a reason that Victoria's Secret wouldn't put me or any woman who doesn't fit within a certain spectrum on the runway.

I'm not my body.

The Olympics represent a global standard - for men, for women, for athletics.

I feel more comfortable in men's clothing, and I'm a lot of more convincing as a boy than as a gendered female. But with women's clothing, I feel more empowered.

We the people have the power to decide who we want to see in our advertisements and how we want the world to be portrayed. If we show that being ethical and being diverse is profitable, they're going to market to us.

I identify with my body, but I don't identify it as male or female; I just identify it as a vehicle to help me bring my awareness around the world.

I see the wielding of a pronoun as something that can be freeing for some members of society but a shackle to others like myself.

My very first runway show, I was in 'Vogue.'

You don't see Victoria's Secret women running around with even short hair. That's too crazy for them.

I may not be the conventional girl, but that doesn't mean I'm not a pretty girl. Or that any girl isn't a pretty girl.

When I first started out modelling, I was binding my chest at gigs to make sure my physique was able to be 'passable' as male. But now, I never bind. It's highly unsafe and unhealthy.

I'm constantly told in the industry that I don't look like a woman, so therefore, I can't be put in editorials and campaigns because people wouldn't get it.

Following well-established national security screening procedures and accurately informing Congress about them is not a joke or a political game. It is essential to guaranteeing that our national secrets are protected and to preventing possible blackmailing of key administration officials.

Before I was elected to Congress, I helped to create the public corruption unit in the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Unfortunately, business was good. Among the usual suspects were government contracts steered to insiders - leaving Illinois taxpayers holding the bag.

As a small-business man myself, I believe strongly that improving the health of small businesses is the key to improving the economy, growing the middle class, and creating innovative products and services.

In my experience, union leaders are respected by their members.

Illinois is large, but we do not always receive our fair share of federal resources because our leadership is often divided. When we all row together, good things happen.

Illinois is becoming more diverse, more tolerant, and even more green.

Mail in our country serves as an economic engine.

Mail enables businesses to deliver vital services and products, including medication, and allows these same businesses to receive payments in a timely way.

So many of our businesses rely on green card holders - how are we supposed to attract these people if they think they'll be detained at the airport if they go abroad for a wedding or just to show their baby to relatives?

I was always a little skeptical of how voters would react to my name.

Pocketbook and economic issues is pretty much all I campaigned on.

In terms of what I wanted to do before I got into politics, I was a businessman. I ran a company that makes and sells infrared night vision military technology and solar technology, so I wanted to grow that company and pursue groundbreaking technology in each of those areas.

If I'm privileged to be elected, I'd be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.

My parents climbed their way to the middle class.

We cannot afford to balance the budget on the backs of America's middle class and seniors and must do what it takes to strengthen Social Security and Medicare, including enabling the government to negotiate the price of prescription drugs.

I strongly support screening all visitors and potential immigrants thoroughly to prevent bad actors from entering the country.

A porous border is a danger to America's national security, the people who live near it, and to those who cross it.

As the president of a cutting-edge research and development firm, I deal with the development of solutions to long-term national security and renewable energy problems every day and will bring this same perspective to Congress.

Making Congress into a less crisis-driven institution starts with electing members of Congress who can take the long view.

Partisan politics is not my passion.

We need to cut unnecessary weapons programs like the F-35 fighter plane that cost trillions of dollars and don't even work.

We need to invest in our crumbling infrastructure to create jobs and remain economically competitive.

Ultimately, much of the dysfunction in Congress is due to the impact of big money, which drowns out the voices of working families and leads to the special treatment of special interests.

Everyone agrees that our immigration system is broken. Building a wall with Mexico isn't going to fix it.

As the son of legal immigrants to America who came from India, I support stronger border security for our nation as well as deporting undocumented immigrants who have committed serious crimes.

As a party, Democrats must focus on the pocketbook issues that our constituents care about every day when they wake up to go to work, drop off their kids at school, and tuck them into bed at night.

I am hopeful that both India and U.S.A. would be able to expand their counter-terror partnership through wider intelligence sharing and effective coordination.

While U.S. investments in India are growing, we also need Indian investments in America.

A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.

Step one of the initial process of getting a non-immigrant visa is tough, renewing it is tough, and then transferring from the status of non-immigrant to immigrant or green card is tough. The only process which is easy is the last part of transferring from green card to citizenship, but getting there is quite a journey.

When you encounter some form of discrimination or maybe even worse, I urge you to alert others. Regardless of how small the incident is, it has to be brought to the attention of people like me and also the law enforcement agencies.

We have numerous mandirs, gurudwaras, and mosques in my Congressional district and all across the U.S.

When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put on food stamps. We were put in public housing.

One of the positives of the Illinois delegation is the congressmen and women work together on issues of local concern in a lot of different ways.

I'm an immigrant. I came here when I was 3 months old.

I think it's so important we're a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants.

China is eating our lunch with regard to renewable energy.