Being in a male-dominated career field as a combat pilot, I got used to kind of blocking out the lies in the… — MJ Hegar Copy Share Image
I didn't get a pilot slot my first time trying. We Texans don't give up easy, and everything we've accomplished is just… — MJ Hegar Copy Share Image
I experienced a lot of discrimination in the military. One commander told me that if my time of the month got in… — MJ Hegar Copy Share Image
I'm a medevac pilot. I have spent time suppressing wildfires and things like that. And as a combat pilot, I tend to… — MJ Hegar Copy Share Image
With the situation I was in when I was shot down, I self-identified as having PTSD. — MJ Hegar Copy Share
I'm not a big fan of dealing with stereotypes because I think everybody's unique and I have met plenty of people who have bucked… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
I've voted in a Republican primary in the past. That's something unique to Texas and a handful of other states, that we don't register… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
It's important not to try to convince others of your own reasons for change. Finding the reason why they should want to support your… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
I'm very confident, that I'm going to be able to deliver better leadership to Texas than John Cornyn does - more reflective of Texas… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
We have the tools to be a stronger nation than we were before Sept. 11, 2001. We have learned valuable lessons about the danger… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
I've seen men and women who were fit for combat that I wanted to fight beside, and men and women who I really wouldn't… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
I had medevacked so many women off the battlefield that I knew that it was a misnomer to say that women weren't in combat.… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
I didn't want to crash into the ocean, but from watching Han Solo navigate an asteroid field to watching movies like 'Perfect Storm,' it… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
So, you know, I actually don't think it's going to be that hard to spread the message to people that their leadership - not… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
Texans and independent voters like to vote for somebody who is going to buck the status quo, and isn't going to do as he… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
History will do what it always does. It will make ignorant statements, in retrospect, seem shortsighted and discriminatory, and the women who will serve… — MJ Hegar Copy Share
