I had the privilege and the honor of chairing the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. And it is interesting to me, you know, Republicans give a lot of speeches about how much they love veterans. I work with the American Legion, the VFW, the DAV, the Vietnam Vets, and virtually every veterans organization to put together the most comprehensive piece of the veterans legislation in the modern history of America. That's what I did.

We need to change the power structure in America, we need to end the political oligarchy.

We are not going back. Not only are we not going to retreat on women's rights, we are going to expand them. We are going forward, not backward.

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.

I know that virtually every member of the Senate understands we just cannot turn our back on men and women who have put their lives on the line to defend us and who are hurting today.

We don`t need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.

When the average Social Security benefit is $1328 a month, and more than one-third of our senior citizens rely on Social Security for Virtually all of their income, our job is to expand benefits, not cut them.