Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.

Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.

When America does not lead, the world is a dangerous and a tragic place. This is a bad deal. [Barack] Obama broke every rule of negotiation.Yes, our allies are not perfect, but Iran is at the heart of most of the evil that is going on in the Middle East through their proxy.

Whatever the consequences of staying true to yourself, they're much less than the consequences of selling your soul.

Love what you do, or don't do it. Don't make a choice of any kind, whether in career or in life, just because it pleases others or because it ranks high on someone else's scale of achievement...Make the choice to do something because it engages your heart as well as your mind. Make the choice because it engages all of you.

When you don't respond to bad behavior, you get more of it.

Donald Trump can't beat Hillary Clinton, I think it's very clear, and she doesn't want to run against me, because I can beat her, because I will fight her and force her to fight on ground that she will lose on.