Because of restrictions on abortion access in their own state, many women in neighboring states are forced to travel hundreds of miles and cross state lines to seek an abortion. However, their rights should not have to depend on their zip code.

Economic inequality is not about food stamps and homeless shelters. It is about being a devotee of social justice and equality.

I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.

We can be just as safe with a smaller, more efficient nuclear arsenal at less cost.

Just as we can no longer pretend that ducking under wooden desks will keep us safe from a nuclear bomb, we must no longer pretend that a large nuclear stockpile will protect us from the most immediate security threats the United States faces.

Before being elected to Congress, I oversaw the Cook County Hospital System as a Cook County Commissioner for 10 years.

Empowering women by allowing them to choose when and how many children to have is not only the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do.

As a husband and a father of two daughters, I want young women around the globe to have the same rights and opportunities as my daughters.

I don't buy that there's nothing we can do to stop criminals and the mentally ill from killing if they want to.

There is such a thing as commonsense middle-ground gun reform, and most gun owners support it.

When you have a high-volume magazine or an assault weapon, you're not hunting deer or protecting your home; you're out to hunt people.

Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.

As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith.

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.

Opening up the Capitol dome and giving the public a look at the inner workings of Congress - however messy they may be - certainly won't be pretty. But trust isn't earned by showing off only your Sunday best. The dirty laundry has to be aired, too.

Ironically enough, why I got into politics is because I came to the conclusion that if you wanted to save the world, which in my mind was through the environment, those elected officials seemed to be the ones who made a lot of the important decisions, if not the most important decisions.

From high school, you can see my Sierra Club card - I've been a member since 1979. That gives you an indication of early interest.

I like to take out the recycling because I actually feel like I'm doing something.

Just the circumstances of being in D.C., people give you books, and there are issues you want to learn more about, so you are tearing into as many as you can.

Government influences your life every day. If there's a war, they're not drafting guys my age.

You could make a case for job creation or education, police on the street, but none of those things can happen unless we got our financial house in order.

I love the grind. Gucci taught me to never stop working.

No teacher ever skipped the student process... if you want to be a leader, you have to be a follower first.

I've just got to keep a balanced head and stay focused.

If I tell you purple look good on you, and you ain't never wore purple, your favorite colors are red and green, and you're like, No man, these my colors. You won't know purple is your color until you try it on.

It's like I have three different brains.

Jimmy Iovine, he pretty much started off as an engineer and a producer, and then he started up a label. Then he built his label to have big artists like Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. Then he started up a headphone company and made it a billion dollar business. He's a genius to me.

I'm looking at EarDrummers like a boutique label, like an Interscope or a Def Jam.

I have a 200-song catalogue in the streets and I never got any money off that.

When people question me about whether something is hip-hop, I ask them, 'Does it sound hard? Does it hit home? Is it raw and real?' If it is, I did my job. And you can call it whatever you want.

Jimmy Iovine has been telling me since 2012 that I needed to start my own label with my own artists. This was when he first met me and 'Bandz a Make Her Dance' was first taking off.

I don't put myself in any box or say that I can't work on any kind of music. I'm not just a producer that only makes urban music.

I want to work with anybody original.

Me and Future, we did 'Dirty Sprite,' 'Ain't No Way Around It,' 'Turn on the Lights.' Every time we record, we're setting bars.

2 Chainz and I have a history. It's always an honor and pleasure working with him, because it seems like everything we do is dope. We just have that organic chemistry.

I just want to change the game.

I like everything rare - cars, shoes, clothes.

I wouldn't say money can buy happiness. Happiness starts with yourself. Money can buy a smile, though.

You wanna champion someone from your city and it blows it up.

I'm just trying to follow the footsteps of God. I don't question him. Just keep moving. He never fails. He always amazes me. It's like, damn, the sky isn't the limit.

That's what music is all about, vibes. That's what makes people react and relate to a song, what makes it soulful.

I do it all, man. I produce, I do my own wardrobe and my own ironing, too!

When I do music I don't think about urban music, pop or country, I just think about a good song.

I'm a producer, not just a beatmaker but a producer.

A Red camera is the best. When I started shooting videos, I had to pay ten thousand dollars just to rent one. I was like, 'I do all these music videos, and I still don't own a Red camera?' So I spent about a hundred thousand dollars to buy one. My own bread. Boom!

I don't spend a bunch of money on jewelry or sunglasses, because I lose them a lot.

We Can't Stop' - everyone said that it wasn't going to work on pop radio, because it didn't have an EDM-type beat. But it went to No. 2 on Billboard and No. 1 on iTunes.

I'm always that dude that's looking for the next thing.

For 'Black Beatles' to be so true to us and our sound - we weren't chasing a sound - it solidifies that the world is ready for us and what we have to come.