I want to attract the best people into teaching.

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

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care.

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

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.

When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.