My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise.

Every American has got to recognize, we are the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people. We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs because the pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry is out of control ripping us off.

Nobody thinks that Obamacare is perfect. It has its problems.

I want [Donald] Trump to send out a tweet saying that he's going to keep his campaign promises.

Do we do away with protecting of the American people with pre - to make sure that if you have an illness you can get insurance? Do we make sure that young people stay on their parents' health insurance? Do we make sure that there are no caps if you're dealing with cancer and you deal with preexisting conditions? It goes without saying that those patient protections have got to stay in place.

In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I'm very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.

I don't have any extraordinary gifts. I'm just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.