I fundamentally disagree with Heath Mello's personal beliefs about women's reproductive health. It is a promising step that Mello now shares the Democratic Party's position on women's fundamental rights. Every candidate who runs as a Democrat should do the same, because every woman should be able to make her own health choices. Period.

Tom Perez

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If you look at the history over the last 40 years or so. by Tom Perez

If you look at the history over the last 40 years or so.

At the highest levels of Fox News, they are not playing it straight, i do not have the confidence that we need to take such an important part of the nomination process, these debates and trust them to folks who at the top levels are consulting Donald Trump before they do anything. I couldnt do that.

Virginians and people across the country deserve better from their leaders, and it is clear that Ralph Northam has lost their trust and his ability to govern.

For me, the north star is not can we match them dollar for dollar, it is can we raise the money we need to execute our game plane.

The Democratic Party is committed to organizing everywhere and holding the convention in mid-July allows us to continue our work doing exactly that, my priority is to ensure that the 2020 nominating process is the most open, fair, transparent and inclusive in our party's history.

You've been delivering results that have made people's lives better, that's why Andrew Cuomo and( New York Lt. Gov.) Kathy Hochul are charter members of the accomplishments wing of the Democratic Party, and that's why I'm proud to endorse them.

It seems like each time Democratic National Committee gets involved in a primary they support the establishment Democrats instead of the party's left leaning progressives, it would be nice if, at some point, calls for unity also mean supporting the left wing of the party.

Everyone must share the responsibility of building a culture of trust and respect for women in every industry and workplace, and that includes our party.

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I ’m hopeful that, when all is said and done, that Bob Menendez will be returning to the Senate representing the state of New Jersey. we ’ll wait and see what happens.

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You know when your plumbing goes out in your house or the water pipes in Flint (Michigan) corrode, it has life threatening consequences, and similarly when the political infrastructure corrodes, we lose elections.

Well the most important thing we're going to do is to build a fair, level playing field for everybody, i welcome the debate. I think there is going to be a bumper crop of candidates and that the American people are going to see a very robust Democratic Party. What will unite all of them is that they are all fighting for a better deal and a brighter future and better tomorrows for everyone, not just a few at the top. And what we're doing at the DNC is making sure we build the infrastructure, the organizing infrastructure, the technology infrastructure so that whoever ... becomes the nominee that they can walk into a DNC that enables them to sprint across the finish line.Listen hereWhile Perez said he hopes ideas and ideals are what helps to unite his party, it may just be mutual disgust for Trump that will act as the super glue for Democrats.Below are some of excerpts of my interview with DNC Chairman Tom Perez. This QA has been edited for brevity, clarity and flow.Mark Preston: As you look at the current state of play right now, what is the Democratic plan to address Donald Trump in this off year?Tom Perez: Step one is that we have to take on Donald Trump in all of these areas that he's trying to take America back, and make America weak, not make America great. Equally important though, we can't simply be against Donald Trump. We've got to articulate what we are for, and we have always been fighting for a fair shake for everyone. Listen hereFollow CNN OpinionJoin us on Twitter and FacebookPreston: (W)hen you were running for chairman, ... it was a bit of a contentious fight. There was a lot of criticism from the grassroots about the battle between establishment Democrats and grassroots Democrats. ... What is being done behind the scenes to try to bridge the divide between those two (factions)?Perez: Every single day we are leading with our values. ... If we want to address income inequality in this country, one of the most important things we can do is support efforts for people to unionize and form a union. When unions succeed, the middle class succeeds. When unions succeed, income inequality goes down, and what we have to do as a party is be out there on the issues that matter the most to people: health care, good jobs, the efforts to cut support for public education, we have to articulate what we stand for.

We all succeed when we all succeed, and we are all better when we... by Tom Perez

We all succeed when we all succeed, and we are all better when we are united.

When I walked into the DNC, we had to rebuild our systems, and our fundraising department was a very good group of people, but we needed to quadruple their size and we're in the process of doing just that.

Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman’s right to make her own choices about her body and her health, that is not negotiable and should not change city by city or state by state.

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Health care is absolutely a right in this country, or should be, we believe that as Democrats. Republicans don't appear to believe that.

Donald Trump's vision for America is a vision for the top 1% of the 1%, part of what we have to do is expose the fraud of Donald Trump.

When we put hope on the ballot, Chris, we win. by Tom Perez

When we put hope on the ballot, Chris, we win.

It's plain and simple: Gorsuch has not earned the votes in the Senate to join the Supreme Court, republicans can't fix Gorsuch by changing the rules. They need to change the nominee.

Helping to facilitate resolution involves the development of mutual trust and so I had to do that and I had to do it fast because I didn't have the luxury of time, i would like to think that both sides saw that I was indeed an honest broker.

My singular focus until the clock strikes midnight in 2017 is going to be how we build the economy that works for everyone, i've never been a fan of those who have the privilege of doing these jobs expend any iota of time thinking about what they want to do next.