Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love.

The companies move labor to the lowest-cost markets. And so I don`t - I used to support these agreements. In the Congress, I lost the AFL-CIO endorsement a few years because I supported them. But when middle class incomes are declining, these agreements don`t work well for America.

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

I'm not sure we will have every single Democrat ... but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this bill because we think that will encourage the House not only to move forward but to pass a bill.

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

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

I think Donald Trump is trying to use populist rhetoric to cover up a right-wing agenda.