The biggest problem in our government is that even those people who are there that are good and well-intended, there's too many people in positions to write legislation who have never experienced the challenges of regular people. — MJ Hegar Copy Share Image
We've got to tell our stories to influence culture, and we have to get more people elected who have faced challenges like domestic violence, working minimum-wage jobs, wondering how to get food on the table... regular people. — MJ Hegar Copy Share Image
I'm kind of used to people trying to define me or, you know, lying about me. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
