I've always had good energy; I've always had good health.

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

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.

America is a great country. We are so wealthy. But our one remaining challenge is to fulfill the potential of all our people. And the only way we can do that is to try to bring everybody together to a higher place.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy.

You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.

The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students.