I believe people I represent still aspire to the idea that our job as a generation is to provide more opportunity to the people coming after us, not less.

I was never up four percent.

Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones.

Colorado's economy is already being threatened by unchecked climate change.

[The Clean Power Plan] is an important step toward curbing carbon pollution and addressing climate change.

Health care is much the same - the status quo is, by all measures, failing far too many people - and we must not shrink from the challenge.

There are many miles to go before we get this done ... But I have a feeling that ... we're going to have a big bipartisan vote for this in the end. My sense is that people are more optimistic than they've been in 20 years about addressing this problem.