That's why I was proud to co-sponsor the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act.

I am the father of two young girls who are growing up playing sports and who are beneficiaries of the doors Title IX opened.

I want my daughters to grow up in an America where they have opportunities that are even greater than their mother had.

The fact that John McCain's top adviser says that a terror attack on American soil would be a big advantage for their political campaign is a complete disgrace and exactly the kind of politics that needs to change.

What we spend a week in Iraq would fund all this stuff for a year, or two years, or three years, I mean, the magnitude, the scale of what we're spending at the federal government and what we're short-changing that would make a real…

What we spend in a week in Iraq would fund all this stuff for a year or two years or three years.

The fact that John McCain's top adviser says, that a terrorist attack on American soil would be a 'big advantage' for their political campaign is a complete disgrace, and is exactly the kind of politics that needs to change.

Change comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up.

That's where change begins.

It goes back to what I learned as a community organizer all those years ago – that change in this country comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom up.

Neglect is not a policy for America's metropolitan areas.

Strong cities are the building blocks of strong regions.