So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying, "We're poor as well. What kind of help are we getting?" Or Asian Americans who say, "Look, I'm a first-generation immigrant, and clearly I didn't have anything to do with what was taking place."

California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest agricultural producer. So what happens here matters to every working American.

When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to try something new.

The Democrats should not waiver on our core beliefs and principles.

The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.

In the United States, if 43 percent of eligible voters do not vote, then democracy is weakened.

There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.