To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.

It's nice to have a debate in a swing state.

Ensuring all kids have access to an effective, talented teacher needs to be a national priority.

In this day and age of digital media, as we've learned, it's not as though nobody's going to find out what you said.

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.

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

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.