Country must confront what he called institutional racism. [We should] create a country which provides economic, social and environmental justice for all.

These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

I think the Democratic Party has got to make fundamental choices.

I think the immediate thing is we stand up to protect those people who are in trouble.

If we invest in jobs for our kids and do our best to keep them in school, we will end up saving a whole lot of lives and whole lot of money.

I believe in public funding of elections, absolutely. But this system iscurrently very antiquated and no longer applies to modern day politics.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is a continuation of other disastrous trade agreements, like NAFTA, CAFTA, and permanent normal trade relations with China.