What [Bernie] Sanders has done is he's focused the nation on the fact that these things are not inevitable. They are the result of policies. We can do better to create an economy that works well for working Americans.

There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent.

There are thousands of capable Americans who would pursue a degree in nursing if we had room in our schools for them.

We can no longer continue with a status quo energy policy. We must create sustainable clean energy jobs and leave the planet to our children and grandchildren in better shape than we found it.

Decades of scientific research has proven that carbon pollution is harmful to human health and causes global warming.

Americans have powerfully sensed that we're off track. There is a structural challenge in our economy that needs to be addressed.

What [Bernie] Sanders has done is he's focused the nation on the fact that these things are not inevitable. They are the result of policies. We can do better to create an economy that works well for working Americans.