Although I was born into the America that experiences and believes in opportunity, my trips to Ferguson, Detroit, Atlanta, and Chicago have revealed that there is an undercurrent of unease.
If you have 'too big to fail' for cities or for states, and they believe they'll be bailed out, they'll continue to make unwise decisions.
The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence, and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress.
The Hepatitis B vaccine is now given to newborns. We sometimes give five and six vaccines all at one time.
I think public awareness of how good vaccines are for kids and how they are good for public health is a great idea.
What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
You campaigned against rich people and you got enough envy whipped up in the country and you're gonna get 'em. You're gonna stick it to those rich people. But guess what? You may not get anymore revenue. You may not get anymore economic growth. But you can say, 'I stuck it to the rich people.'
If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.