The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had much insight into until I was elected and started serving in the Senate.
We have to knock down the barriers erected by greed, special interests, powerful forces.
We're always going to argue about abortion. It's a hard choice and it's controversial, and that's why I'm pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.
I believe in a zone of privacy.
I can't stand whining.
Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.