So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.

You don't fight cancer with grants, or heart disease with grants.

I am a recovering alcoholic.

Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina - the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.

The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public.

If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.

My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.