CNN "State of the Union" interviews during 2019: on Civil Rights

Matt Lieberman: We need a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century

Amy Klobuchar: We need environmental justice in this country

KLOBUCHAR: We need environmental justice in this country. People who are economically disadvantaged, and people of color--many times they're the ones left behind. A lot of this is going to have to be investing in those communities. We have to make sure that money's going to help the workers who are transitioning to new jobs, #1. And #2, making sure that people are basically held harmless when they see any effects for people that can

Pete Buttigieg: Black voters more interested in issues than his being gay

BUTTIGIEG: I think most black voters, like most voters in general, want to know what the candidates are actually going to do to improve their lives. When I talk to black voters, there's a sense of having been taken for granted in politics and a sense that candidates haven't always been speaking to them or earning their trust.

Julian Castro: Leaders should unite us, not feed bigotry and division

Amy Klobuchar: Gut punch from White House stopped election reform bill

Beto O`Rourke: Impeachment necessary to signal this can't happen again

O'ROURKE: If there are no consequences, then we will have set the precedent that it is OK to accept help from a foreign government. Impeachment is incredibly important to get to the facts, but also to send the signal that this can never happen again. It's the only way that we're going to be able to meet the challenges that we face. It's the only way that we're going to be able to maintain our system of government.

Amy Klobuchar: Trump's failed to protect security of our elections

Tulsi Gabbard: My time in the military changed my anti-gay views

"I was raised in a very socially conservative home. My father is Catholic, he was a leading voice against gay marriage in Hawaii at that time. Again, I was very young, but these are the values and beliefs that I grew up around," she said.

Gabbard said her views shifted when she deployed to the Middle East, "where I saw firsthand the negative impact of a government attempting to act as a moral arbiter for their people, dictating in the most personal ways how they must live their lives."

"Race or religion or orientation, these were things that didn't matter, because we were focused on our mission of serving," she said.

Tulsi Gabbard: I never personally supported gay conversion therapy

Tulsi Gabbard: Views on LGBT rights evolved; 100% rating from HRC

A: I was raised in a socially conservative household with views and beliefs and things that I no longer hold today. My views have evolved, to the point where now you can look to my record over the last six years in Congress that reflect what's in my heart and my commitment to fighting for equality, my commitment to fighting for LGBT rights. I have a 100 percent legislative voting record with the Human Rights Campaign. I'm a member of the Equality Caucus, and, again, look forward to continuing to recognize the work that still must be done towards equality and working to make that change happen.