Connecticut's first responders and defense workers work every day to help us achieve these goals.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.

Conservative coaches have one thing in common; they are unemployed.

Even good girls have secrets, ones even their best friends must guess.

When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.

It may sound trite, but young people really are the future.

I am an atheist, I have no religious beliefs. And obviously I don’t believe in spirituality of some kind.

Loving the Second Amendment while opposing the NRA is every bit as natural as loving Jesus while opposing Westboro Baptist Church.

But what I want most of all is a normal life.

Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.

Throughout my teens, I just wanted to go somewhere I could wear a Donald Duck pin and no one would care.