The United States is creating the policies and tools needed to defend ourselves against a hostile, authoritarian China.

Democracy is not a state. It is an act.

Time is of the essence to preserve the integrity and promises of our democracy.

The legacy of Jim Crow transportation is still with us. Even today, some of our transportation policies and practices destroy stable neighborhoods, isolate and segregate our citizens in deteriorating neighborhoods, and fail to provide…

The words tend to spread very fast in minority communities. To see in those ethnic publications that several major American corporations supported the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, that gives them a leg up.

When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something. You have to do something.

We need a Voting Rights Act to protect the rights of everyone, black or white, to vote. That all works when you have got a president with that kind of moral sense and empathy. We lack that nowadays.

The right to vote is the most important non-violent tool to build a model perfect union that we know.

Your vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful, nonviolent tool we have to create a more perfect union.

[t]he vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.

Each and every one of us must cherish this planet, for it is likely the only home we will ever know. Combating climate change is not a Democratic or a Republican issue. It is a question of preserving this little piece of real estate that…

We need to develop better tools to disrupt criminal networks, to bring the perpetrators to justice, and to support the victims of human trafficking.