I think the men and women serving in Iraq today deserve special recognition for that.

The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.

I will seek to reverse the shift of benefits from Medicaid to Medicare and hold harmless our seniors and disabled.

I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.

People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.

I've voted in some cases to remove and reduce tax breaks for the oil industry in other cases I've voted not to because I felt that the proposals covered too much.

I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.