I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge.

Our first responders risk their lives to help others. The least we can do is make sure they have the resources they need to do their jobs.

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.

We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and to the people of the world, this is not our way and we do not condone it, but we cannot change it and we cannot erase it.

Im not averse to helping Wall Street when it helps Main Street.

I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.

Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska.