I'm really not a partisan political person. I remember when I was in Washington they kept trying to get me to say whether I was a Republican or a Democrat. I just said, my politics are children. That's all I know anything about.

I don't think anything good is happening. I think we're paying the price for it. I think while crime in general is going down, youth crime is going up. I think mental health problems of the youth are going up. You can't show causality. It's a hard stretch.

Get kids out of poverty. Poverty is devastating.

We have to stop harming children in child care. I'm trying to make us stop. I wouldn't know what to do otherwise.

I'm really not a partisan political person. I remember when I was in Washington they kept trying to get me to say whether I was a Republican or a Democrat. I just said, my politics are children. That's all I know anything about.

It's also the environment that determines a considerable part of the growth and development of children.

Kids do better, frankly [when the economy is strong]. Jobs make great years for kids.