Everyone has a right to a job, everyone has a right to an education, everyone has a right to health care, everyone has a right to retirement security, everyone has a right to housing, and everyone has a right to peace.

Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.

War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal.

People have a right to know what is in the food they are eating, and that the food is safe.

In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take this vote with the utmost seriousness. I am quite aware of the historic fight that has lasted the better part of the last century to bring America in line with other modern democracies in providing single payer health care.

Public control of the political process requires public financing. The restoration of our American Democracy depends upon public financing.

The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It has spent $155 billion for an unnecessary war driven by fear.