The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America a $500 account.
My appetite for public policy and changing it and not only being a part of the conversation but affecting it in a positive way never diminished after 10 years in Congress.
One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.
Some say I was disappointed when President Obama won and that is absolute nonsense.
So we have broad bipartisan support for the bill and it's my hope that we can build on some of the things that have been talked about in Washington involving building a larger ownership society.
I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch but he was opposed by the liberal establishment too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent to him running.
I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag which I think is inappropriate in many ways but it's their choice.
I am a Democrat. But I am an independent Democrat.
I either run or try to play basketball every day.
The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it.
The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong healthy relationship between government and business.
I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology party or political expediency.
I don't think it's a great leap to go from civil unions to gay marriage - I may be in the minority in believing that.
I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.
Killing terrorists is cheaper than capturing them.
I refuse to do anything that would help Republicans win a Senate seat in New York and give the Senate majority to the Republicans.
My dad was a congressman and he taught me at a very early age 'They voted for me they view me as theirs and I am.' Our family's phone in Memphis was always listed. It rang all day and all night.
Public service is a part of who I am having grown up in a family of politicians.
I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.
I love New York I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.
I'm in an interracial marriage.
If you don't meet the standards then you don't qualify.
To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.
Republicans believe largely in the market working Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.
I think the potential for the program at the risk of sounding self-serving is large some would say even limitless so I'm excited about it and I think it can even pass next year.
I believe that people take risk and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.