We're spending large sums of money to kick highly-qualified gays or lesbians out of our military, some of whom possess specialties like Arab language capabilities that we desperately need. That doesn't make us more safe.

the fundamentals of our economy are strong.

Those are the kinds of basic rights that I think everybody should enjoy.

If we are keeping focused on all the fundamentally sound aspects of our economy, all the outstanding companies, workers, all the innovation, and dynamism in this economy, then we're going to get through this. And I'm very confident about…

We cannot go back to endless cycles of bubble and bust. We can't continue to base our economy on reckless speculation and spending beyond our means, on bad credit, and inflated home prices, and overleveraged banks.

This program will be implemented through a cap-and-trade system, a policy approach that dramatically reduced acid rain at much lower costs than the traditional government regulations and mandates of the past.

And we cannot go back to endless cycles of bubble and bust. We can't continue to base our economy on reckless speculation and spending beyond our means, on bad credit and inflated home prices and overleveraged banks. This crisis teaches us…

No one's been more out front on the global warming issue than Senator McCain.

the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century.

We understand the challenges and have moved aggressively to address those that have seemed intractable in the past.

Women still earn just 78 cents for every dollar men make. Women are more than half of our population but just 17 percent of our Congress.