We've come to a basic agreement, which is that first, people will be legalized. In other words, not citizens, but they’ll be allowed to work, come out of the shadows, travel. Then, we will make sure the border is secure. And we have specific metrics that are in the bill. I’m not going to get into what they are...

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

I basically believe that until China stop stealing our intellectual property, and until they stop keeping our companies out that do good things, the amount we will gain from export jobs is minimized, and the amount we lose in middle class incomes is maximized.

Substantively Democrats are much closer to where the American people are than Republicans are.

Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to them.

People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.

If the Saudis were culpable, they should be held accountable. If they had nothing to do with 9/11, they have nothing to fear.