In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin has given years of service to our state after becoming the state's first female governor in 1985. She is an inspiration to girls throughout Vermont and the country in allowing them to know that the opportunities they have are unlimited.

It's better to show up than to give up.

We can combat climate change effectively. What we are lacking now is not the brain power, not the knowledge, not the technology. What we are lacking is the political will power, and we need your help by the millions to tell Congress to stop worrying about their fossil fuel contributors to their campaigns and worry about their kids and grandchildren.

We need a Democratic Party open, that is bringing working people into the party, that is bringing young people, that bringing all of the people of this country who are sick and tired of an economy that works well for the 1 percent while the middle class struggles.

You need a Democratic Party which is a grassroots party, which makes decisions from the bottom on up, not just from the top on down.

The case to be made is that we have got to get people involved - continue to get people involved in the political process at every level.

This country is never going to move forward unless we end Republican rule in the House and Senate.