Patrick Murphy

“My birth mom has certainly not lived a life of means in any stretch of the imagination, nor does she want to.”

“There's certain issues, as I say in my speeches, that I'm not going to compromise on; I'm not going to compromise on a woman's right to choose and on marriage equality.”

“In the 2016 U.S. Senate race, I was on the receiving end of more than $3 million in outside negative attacks funded by the NRA, the second-most spent on any Senate campaign in the country.”

“The impact of our warming planet will likely lead to even stricter zoning and building codes to account for the rising sea levels visible in places like South Beach - even on days without a cloud in sky.”

“I've grown up in a very diverse background.”

“As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I have made our nation's response to cyberwarfare a primary focus.”

“We need to end unlimited, unaccountable money for all political parties by passing comprehensive campaign finance reform.”

“I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.”

“What will be the final straw that finally forces Congress to at least open up formal debate - let alone introduce a bill, pass it, and have it signed into law - that curbs the scourge of gun deaths across the country?”

“The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated by it, to the point that not only did I change parties, I decided to do something about it and run for Congress.”

“We must maintain strong building codes, strengthen flood insurance programs, and forcefully acknowledge the reality that rising sea temperatures caused by made-man climate change are negatively impacting our way of life. This should be a bipartisan task that finds support with bipartisan solutions.”

“A lot of folks look at the political calculation and then determine the policy. I think that's backward.”