I think that women are often underestimated - our suggestions, our advice, our leadership style. I think one of the reasons that that happens is women are much less likely to blow their own horn and brag about everything that they've done.

Tina Smith

Our democracy depends on a free and independent press. When politicians call reporting they don't like 'fake news,' they undermine trust in our civic organizations for their own political gain.

Tina Smith

It's so important that we figure out a way of moving beyond the stigma that still exists around treatment for mental health.

Tina Smith

I'll never have the seniority of lions of the Senate who've been in office for decades. What I do have is a lifetime of experience as a parent and activist, small business owner, and lieutenant governor of Minnesota.

Tina Smith

When the extreme right-wing... charges forward with a defund Planned Parenthood, anti-Planned Parenthood focused message, what happens is that people rally even more around Planned Parenthood.

Tina Smith

Every day, I talk to Democratic and Republican colleagues with lots of ideas about the work we should be doing.

Tina Smith

I want to go places where there are really well-meaning people doing work that is interesting and seems to really matter and where everybody looks like at least once a day they have a really good laugh.

Tina Smith

We need to create a fair immigration process that ensures the wellbeing of all families and prevents the wrong people from coming to this country, that includes reforming ICE and immigration enforcement.

Tina Smith

People are so much more interested in making connections, and finding common ground, and sharing experiences than sometimes their governments are.

Tina Smith

When women are empowered to contribute more fully, we all benefit.

Tina Smith

We need to prioritize ending the influence of corporate special interests and secret money on politicians by limiting the amount of money they can spend on political campaigns.

Tina Smith

I've always found that if you listen to people you can find common ground.

Tina Smith

As chief of staff, I was responsible for running a multibillion-dollar organization with over 34,000 employees, and working on everything from health care to transportation.

Tina Smith

In politics and life, timing is everything.

Tina Smith

Anybody who knows the voters of Minnesota knows that they can't be told what to do.

Tina Smith

I don't have a horror story to share like the ones we have heard from so many women in the #MeToo movement... But when you really listen to women, you begin to understand the million little ways in which all women are made less and denied the opportunity to contribute to their communities and their country.

Tina Smith

I will join the fight for the DREAM Act that will create a pathway to citizenship for our Dreamers.

Tina Smith

I've learned in my life that I have to focus on the things that I can control and what I can control is what comes out of my mouth and how I respond to people.

Tina Smith

I have always been surrounded by strong women and thoughtful men.

Tina Smith

Cuba is in some ways a perfect trading partner for Minnesota because there's so little overlap between what they are good at and they produce and what Minnesota is good at and what we produce. So it's a natural trading relationship, especially because they're so close.

Tina Smith

Nobody has a cakewalk to become governor.

Tina Smith