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

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. I lost three times before I got elected. There's no limit. Stay in pursuit of your dreams.

I have always abhorred the word racism. I never use it.

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs

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.