When the public's right to know is threatened, all other public rights are threatened.

I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia [Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan recruiter] that he would have been a great senator at any moment. . . . He would have been right during the great conflict of civil war in this nation.

Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure.

For three decades, Democrats and Republicans worked together to make our environment better.

American workers are first rate.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.