Gun violence is a plague in all of our communities, and we must come together to stop it.

- Elizabeth Esty

While we may not know how to stop these horrific mass shootings, we do know this: Limiting high-capacity magazines will save lives, and we know this because it has saved lives.

- Elizabeth Esty

If you don't like public service, don't run for office.

- Elizabeth Esty

I'm out and around all the time.

- Elizabeth Esty

I'm baffled that Mark Greenberg would send an offensive email politicizing the beheading of an American journalist.

- Elizabeth Esty

I'm a mom. That probably hinders sometimes and helps sometimes. To some people, that makes me more approachable.

- Elizabeth Esty

I would like to live long enough to see the day when people talk about which guns are the safest.

- Elizabeth Esty

I was a co-sponsor of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

- Elizabeth Esty

I liked New England.

- Elizabeth Esty

I just thought Harvard sounded great. So let's see if I get in. I didn't really have a big back-up plan.

- Elizabeth Esty

I do think the U.S. has a moral and political leadership role to play.

- Elizabeth Esty

It would be really easy to get discouraged over gun safety, and I have to explain all the time why I am not giving up and why people should not give up.

- Elizabeth Esty

Government ought to make it easy for people to do the right thing.

- Elizabeth Esty

For me to do my job effectively, we need to continue to earn public confidence. That involves transparency and accountability.

- Elizabeth Esty

Everyone is able to give to someone.

- Elizabeth Esty

Elections are about choices, and part of what you do is draw that contrast.

- Elizabeth Esty

Connecticut has a proud tradition of manufacturing going back to the days of Eli Whitney.

- Elizabeth Esty

Civil rights and women's rights and gay rights all take time in this country.

- Elizabeth Esty

Brownfields cleanups have been treated like capital investments in the tax laws, and they really are repairs and should be taxed as such.

- Elizabeth Esty

E-cigarette companies are using shameful tactics, such as Joe Camel-like cartoons in advertisements and creating e-cigarette flavors like bubblegum and cotton candy, to addict our children early - and guarantee another generation of smokers.

- Elizabeth Esty