That makes climate change a bigger public health problem than AIDS, than malaria, than pandemic flu.

I will continue to work in Washington to oppose any efforts to expand drilling off our Coasts and to challenge my colleagues to adopt responsible energy policies.

Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death.

The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.

In America today, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight is more than double what it was in the early 1970s.

With 3 percent of the worlds resources and 25 percent of the worlds demand, it is pretty obvious this country cannot drill its way to energy security.

It is time for a New Direction for our nation's energy policies.