I certainly never thought I would run for office myself. If someone had suggested it, I would have laughed out loud.

When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact in some way, but I didn't know what it was.

There is a gentleness in Michigan that you just can't replicate.

In Congress, while the House’s proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can’t equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.

Concentrating wealth in the hands of the few and deregulating financial institutions and practices lead to speculative bubbles that eventually burst — and that brings the whole country down.

If the person at the wheel refuses to ask for directions, it is time for a new driver.

We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will.