Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.

I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running.

My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.