Occupation: Former U.S. Representative Birth: October 8, 1946
Wake up, America. The insurance companies took over health care. Wake up, America. The pharmaceutical companies took over drug pricing. Wake up, Amer….
Peace is not just the absence of war, it is the active presence of a capacity for love and compassion, and reciprocity. It is an awareness that our l….
We cannot avert our eyes without staining our souls..
America stands strongest in challenging terrorism when we do not give up an inch of our civil liberties..
In the Cleveland area, I have been instrumental in helping to save or create thousands of jobs. People know me there as a person who gets involved..
I am for police function that protects citizens of this great Nation, not a police function that is used to terrorize them..
I live in the same house I purchased in 1971 for $22,500. I think we need to increase the minimum wage and so all my neighbors can get an increase in….
Crimes against humanity in Gaza: is it really a 'buffer zone' - or a bigger plan? -- It's time to step back and ask if we want to support Israel if i….
Everyone has a right to a job, everyone has a right to an education, everyone has a right to health care, everyone has a right to retirement security….
Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance..
My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. It's a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent an….
Reclaim our environment from those who would destroy it with their predatory economic behavior..
Our vision of interconnectedness resonates with new networks of world citizens in nongovernmental organizations linking from numberless centers of en….
There is no reason why anyone in this country should be lacking health care when America has the resources right now. It would not cost much more tha….
The Patriot Act allows Federal agents to look at public and university library patron circulation records, books checked out, magazines consulted, al….
Challege the underlying concepts of corporate personhood..
There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in….
Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction, homelessness, a weapon of mass destruction... racism, a weapon ….
I hold in my heart that rebellious spirit of youth that demands change..
Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles..
We must work toward the elimination of all nuclear weapons, and an end to policies which cause this country to move toward the weaponization of space..