The Democrats are using the human trafficking bill's language that's been there for 40 years, regarding the use of federal funds for abortion.

It's a moral imperative, it's an economic imperative, and it is a security imperative. For we've seen how spikes in food prices can plunge millions into poverty, which, in turn, can spark riots that cost lives, and can lead to instability. And this danger will only grow if a surging global population isn't matched by surging food production. So reducing malnutrition and hunger around the world advances international peace and security - and that includes the national security of the United States.

No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.

Many of us were kind of irritated with Obama for larding it with tax cut, which we didn't think was going to be stimulative.

But the basic principle that we’re going to have to see some of this debt written down, that the government is going to have to support some banks, that others that are not viable, essentially that we’re going to have to do something with those assets.

Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of our power away, to the professional politicians, to the lobbyists, to cynicism. And our democracy suffers as a result.

If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote.