It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.

It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.

We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solve the problems facing Washingtonians.

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

We are thinking ahead to long-term care, aware that many folks don't plan ahead and won't be ready. We want to see to it that people will have choices.

We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential.