You know, my name .... comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov. And I believe Hashem [Orthodox for God] actually gave me that name. One of my roles, very important in the United States senate, is to be a shomer - to be a or the shomer Yisrael. And I will continue to be that with every bone in my body.

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

What I want to do first with education is my student loan idea. Basically, if you go into teaching and teach for five years, your student loans should be forgiven. It doesn't cost that much.

There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

What we are going to do as Democrats is put together a really strong platform that focuses on jobs and economic issues.

The only way we're gonna work with Donald Trump is if he moves completely in our direction and abandons his Republican colleagues.