Stock market risk is ok, but not for Social Security.

Germany, South Korea - these are all countries that are investing massively in education. We've got to do the same thing in America.

I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat cat bankers on Wall Street.

We are now at a point where because we in fact have been successful at stopping a number of plots, a threat has evolved. We do see these lone-wolf actors. We do see these encouragements for troubled individuals to pick up a gun and act out of this ideology.

I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage - they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.

No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hand of the person they love.

Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze - a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed.