Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.

While expanding market access for American industry, financial markets and farmers is critical, I believe it needs to be done responsibly, accounting for the treatment and protection of workers and the environment.

There is no getting around it; Congress is failing the American people.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.

As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good.