I intend to introduce legislation that will make police accountable for their actions and limit uses of force in cases where it is unnecessary.

I am very, very, very concerned about the United States getting drawn into an endless war, year after year after year.

This is America, and we are not going to throw out 11 million people in this country who are undocumented. We`re not going to turn against one of the largest religions in the world, people who are Muslim. I do not want to see Muslim kids, who feel intimidated in the country and frightened, living in the country where they grew up. That is not America. We do not want to continue the attacks against the women.

But because media is what media is today, any stupid, absurd remark made by Donald Trump becomes the story of the week. Maybe, just maybe, we might want to have a serious discussion about the serious issues facing America. Donald Trump will not look quite so interesting in that context.

Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education.

I come from a state that has virtually no gun control. And yet, at political peril, I voted for an instant background check, which I want to see strengthened and expanded. I voted to ban certain types of assault weapons which are designed only to kill people.

In fact, climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism.