I held out my hand and George Mitchell said, "Like in everything else, you lead and I'll follow." And the crowd broke up, and we did a twirl or two around the dance floor. And that's like him, you know, he was there for his members, he campaigned for us, he believed in us, and he was really a good sport as well.

In American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century.

The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable

Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

People aren't for hitting.

Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country