If we are to transition to a new economy and to lead it, we must start by transforming our schools.

If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.

If we are to transition to a new economy and to lead it, we must start by transforming our schools.

I can't give you a specific number today, in large part because the analysis upon which we would make that determination has not been completed. . . . I think it is fair to say there may be additional costs associated with a farming operation, but it is very difficult to quantify.

My friends, history, history calls us to this time and to this place. A solemn choice rests with us - where do we go from here? Do we move slowly and incrementally? Or do we seize the challenge of our time and tackle the great issues of our day.

President Obama's fight for rural America is personal. He was raised by a single mom and grandparents from Kansas. He hails from a farming state, Illinois.

What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.