Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too.

If we are truly created equal then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well

Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and police officers all over this country who say 'we are not afraid,' and I intend to keep trying, with or without Congress, to help stop more tragedies from visiting innocent Americans in our movie theaters, shopping malls, or schools like Sandy Hook.

It's not a nice-to-have - it's a must-have. It's time we stop treating child care as a side issue, or a women's issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us.

I'm a Christian by choice.

You now have the potential of 200 people deciding who ends up being elected president every single time.

My hope and expectation is that regardless of what Donald Trump said during the campaign, he's going to have to look carefully at the realities when he moves forward.