Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.

I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second.

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died.

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources.