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.

If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

I'm free. I'm free to say what I feel.

I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.

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.

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