What we need to do is to stand up to the big money interests, and the campaign contributors. When we do that, we can, in fact, transform America.

If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip.

At a time when our planet is warming due to climate change, the last thing our environment needs is more drilling. What we need is for Congress and the White House to move toward clean energy such as solar, wind and geothermal.

We can`t allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction.

I think Donald Trump is totally unfit to be president of the United States. Let's not forget, this guy was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement, which was an effort to delegitimize the presidency of the first African-American president we have ever had.

If you take donations from Wall Street, you can't be independent.

I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people.