Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government.

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm.

I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in.

Those who are critical of Alliance are the same people who have done nothing for 30 years.

Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth. A multitude of other factors intervene. However, one thing the numbers can show is that right-to-work laws have a negative effect on the wages of workers in that state.

I would say to those who don't like the metaphor This is reality.

Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit.