You take what you've learned, you pass it down, and you keep working.

If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, "You can't do this. Write an op-ed."

We have to treasure our country, our freedom, the progress we've made, and if we see any of that threatened, we have to respond.

I must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don't lose that.

The difference between the very wealthy and the working poor has grown. We raise that minimum wage and we move forward with the vision of this president that we have, which is everyone pays their fair share.

Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record

You have to be an optimist to be in politics.