Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.

An ability to compromise is important. That means stepping back and getting the ego out of the way in order to accomplish what you want to get done.

A lot of very competent people sometimes make errors.

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.

In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial

Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough? John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so that his children and my children would not have to do it. We would have been failures if had to do the same things we did.