Movies are such an integral part of American culture. We're so spread out in this country, and movies offer us a chance to come together and have a communal experience.
Across our country, social enterprise partnerships between the public and private sectors are providing millions of Americans - young and old - a second chance.
I also got a chance to go to the American Museum in New York, which helped my interest.
The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.
I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the American media landscape.
If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy.
If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.
In general, I found that the more that debates can be about facts and data, the more likely government is to make sound decisions that benefit innovators and the American people.
Every American knows there are government expenses that are absolutely not necessary. I disagree with the very idea that our government is spending $2.4 trillion in the most efficient manner.
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level.
The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic needs in their retirement years.
No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.
The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.
We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.
Vetting and verifying information is one thing. Having our government sending out conflicting messages to the American people when conflict can be avoided is another.
The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.
I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy.
I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.
The problem is that everywhere the gas drilling industry goes, a trail of water contamination, air pollution, health concerns and betrayal of basic American civic and community values follows.
One in seven Americans lives without health insurance, and that's a truly staggering figure.
