I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.

The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.

I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.

In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we're getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.

Whining is anger through a small opening.

Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.