Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs.

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

As an independent, my views, in fact, are a little bit different than many of my Democratic colleagues.

I think our trade policies, for many, many years, have been a disaster. They have benefited corporate America at the expense of working people.

When I was in the House for 16 years, I caucused with the Democrats.

Establishing a 0.03 percent Wall Street speculation fee, similar to what we had from 1914-1966, would dampen the dangerous level of speculation and gambling on Wall Street, encourage the financial sector to invest in the productive economy and reduce the deficit by more than $350 billion over 10 years.

In my view, we need a massive federal jobs program which puts millions of our people back to work. We must end our disastrous trade policies. We need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. And we have to fight for pay equity for women.