Unfair trade agreements, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, have sent millions of jobs to other countries. We need to stop this hemorrhaging and find ways for American workers to compete in the new market.

We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate.

Well, my view is that the insurance companies have done awfully well and spent a lot of money on a lot of things that don't have anything to do with health care.

What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing our job as legislators and making sure we do not stick the entire bankruptcy community with these provisions that do not make any sense?

When you buy toothpaste or detergent or gas, that is now used for the first time in your lifetime or my lifetime to support candidates in so-called 'independent ads.' Same thing for unions.

I believe in local control of education.

I'm proud to be a Democrat.

I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate.

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.

Money in politics is a huge issue.

Most of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for somebody to yell at you a bit.'

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

The idea of allowing corporations to have unlimited influence on our democracy is very dangerous, obviously.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

The Tea Party ended up being a shill for corporate America.

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law.

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.

I don't know how it could be more stark or clear: this entire society is being dominated by corporate power in a way that may exceed what happened in the late nineteenth century, early twentieth century.