What we have got to do - especially with younger people, especially with people not heavily involved in the political process - is to make sure that ….

It's no great secret, number one, in my view, and I think the view of most Americans, that Congress itself is pretty dysfunctional. We are not addres….

I think the American people in many cases want to transform our energy system..

In America, we are living in a society which is moving more and more toward an oligarchic form of society where government is dominated heavily by bi….

Super PACs and a corrupt campaign finance system are destroying American democracy. We're proud that we have received four million individual contrib….

I believe what Martin Luther King Jr. believed. You remember what the title of the March on Washington was? "Jobs and Freedom." What King understood ….

Every three weeks before an election the TV ads expressing great concern about our trade policy and the loss of jobs to China and other low-wage coun….

When we are fighting for huge stakes - we're fighting for the future - future of the planet in terms of climate change. We're fighting for the future….

Ever since [Donald]Trump has been opening his big mouth, you`re seeing all these bitter people, latent racists who are becoming emboldened. You`re se….

For some reason, we can't go to Cuba, businesses in American can't do business in Cuba. I think that that is stupid. So I hope very much and applaud ….

The cost of prescription drugs in this country is far, far higher than in any other country. You may recall that Donald Trump as a candidate for pres….

When you have kids that have no jobs and are not in school, too often they get themselves into trouble. So what we have got to do is invest in educat….

Not just for the U.S. Senate but it also means for school board and city council. We need to revitalize American democracy. We need to have people at….

This is America, and we are not going to throw out 11 million people in this country who are undocumented. We`re not going to turn against one of the….

I do believe that in the future, not by dismantling what we have here - I helped write that bill - but by moving forward, rallying the American peopl….

I happen to respect people who are willing to come under public scrutiny and serve their country..

In and out of government, I've always been willing to take on complicated, sometimes unpopular, issues and work them through to have a solution..

The American people want to raise the minimum wage. Every poll tells us that. That bill will not get to the floor of the Senate. The American people ….

What this [presidency] campaign is about this bringing millions of people jobs in this country..

The TPP is another corporate-backed agreement that is the latest in a series of trade policies which have cost us millions of decent-paying jobs, pus….

You know, let me be very clear. I supported Barack Obama originally..