I have said that I'm not running and I'm having a great time being pres — being a first-term senator.

I've laid out a platform that I think would begin to remedy some of the problems we have in the criminal justice system.

I am grateful to organizations like the International Child Art Foundation that gives us the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of our nation’s young people. I encourage you to continue to support programs that help children to discover their talents and believe in themselves.

In America, we've been around for 240 years. We've had free and fair elections. We've accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them. And that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a debate stage during a general election.

I`m 100 percent impartial. I`m - my responsibility is to manage this primary nominating contest neutrally and fairly.

The worst part of what we heard Donald [trump] say has been about nuclear weapons. He has said repeatedly that he didn't care if other nations got nuclear weapons, Japan, South Korea, even Saudi Arabia. It has been the policy of the United States, Democrats and Republicans, to do everything we could to reduce the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

We need a return to transparency and a system of checks and balances, to a president who respects Congress' role of oversight and accountability.