Democracy is interactive... Its a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

Al Gore is a good man. He is a decent, caring man. He listens to his heart and his head. He loves his family.

When you succeed (with legislation), that feeling is exhilaration. And it takes leadership from a president, which means you meet with members of Congress 24/7 and you talk and you listen.

I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan.

The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.

Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.