We will not hesitate to speak out when we see actions that contradict those values.

Over the last several days, we have heard from members of Congress who want their voices to be heard. I absolutely agree.

Literacy is the most basic currency of the knowledge economy.

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.

In America, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid consistently the kinds of civilian casualties that can end up actually hurting us in the war against radicalization.

We have an epidemic of fatherlessness here, and that's what I agree with the president [Barack Obama] on, and we should be doing more to promote and protect marriage as between a man and a women for the needs of our children.

We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty