[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.

My abiding faith in the American people is undiminished. That's still what drives me every single day.

Assault weapons ban reintroduced.

We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions.

I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president; the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot.

We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.

It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline.