Imagine if Congress always put the interests of polluters ahead of the health of our families. Our rivers and lakes would be choked with sewage. Acid rain would pour down from smog-filled skies. Hundreds of thousands more of our neighbors, friends, and loved ones would be victims of cancer, heart disease, and asthma.

Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities.

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

Real choice is clear information and the right to walk away from a bad deal without leaving your wallet behind.

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.

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