[On the Chicago Cubs:] Being a Cubs fan prepares you for life - and Washington.

I'm thrilled the president [Barack Obama] has endorsed me. We started off as fierce competitors, and we've ended up as true friends and partners and worked together on so many important issues.

One murder is too many. But it is important that we learn about what has been effective.

Our political press has just been captured by trivia.

You know, compromise can't be a dirty word in American politics. There's plenty to argue about. Trump administration is still talking about ridiculous tax cuts for the wealthiest of the wealthy. That should be resisted with every fiber of our being.

I hope America does not accept the kind of language that Donald Trump is using to describe our fellow Americans.

I do not add a penny to the national debt.