People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.

I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.

I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.

Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.

I never considered the move to Washington to be a permanent move.

This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.

I will seek to reverse the shift of benefits from Medicaid to Medicare and hold harmless our seniors and disabled.

The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.

I think the men and women serving in Iraq today deserve special recognition for that.

Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.

I've voted in some cases to remove and reduce tax breaks for the oil industry in other cases I've voted not to because I felt that the proposals covered too much.

When you give away everything without expecting anything in return, only then will everything belong to you.

I think somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.

If Bernie Sanders were liberated from the Democratic Party, it might be a whole new ballgame.

The 'Libertarian' thing was a mistake on my part for saying it, but I am.

I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me

What is planted in each person's soul will sprout.

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.