Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.

I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.

Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way.

We all have a large stake in preserving our democracy, but I maintain that those without power in our society, the black, the brown, the poor of all colors, have the largest stake not because we have the most to lose, but because we have worked the hardest, and given the most, for what we have achieved.

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.

The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.