Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than the transformation of our society, to make non-violence an organizing principle, to make war archaic through creating a paradigm shift in our culture for human development, for economic and political justice and for violence control.

I think there are people in this Congress who actually believe that government does not have a benign role in the lives of the people, except as an engine to redistribute the wealth of the Nation upwards.

And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people.

In the Cleveland area, I have been instrumental in helping to save or create thousands of jobs. People know me there as a person who gets involved.

Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance.

Let's help people in this country with the resources we have.

Reclaim our environment from those who would destroy it with their predatory economic behavior.