In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That’s the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate.
When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn’t class warfare – it’s patriotism.
I know Donald Trump. I’ve met him I know his family. I have love and friendship and affection for his family members. But I’m going to work very hard to ensure that he is not our president.
In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.
Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right.
My family is no different from yours. We may be different from the geography that we come from. Some of you all may pray differently than I do, some of you all may be from a different ethnicity, but we all have the same story.
I know Donald Trump. I’ve met him I know his family. I have love and friendship and affection for his family members. But I’m going to work very hard to ensure that he is not our president.
We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new ‘Declaration of Inter-dependence.’ A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny.
Equal protection under the law – for race, religion, gender or sexual orientation – should not be subject to the most popular sentiments of the day.
There is too much disagreement for disagreement’s sake. In a time of persistent challenges that still call into question our most sacred aspirations as a country, we cannot afford shallow callous divisiveness in our public debate.
This is our history – from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges – our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation’s infrastructure.
I believe there’s tremendous value in having a Supreme Court with a diverse set of experiences – especially when we’re dealing with issues that range from our intimate relationships to how we finance campaigns.
The drug war has been a war where the direct casualties have primarily been America’s poor; America’s minorities; and often, unfortunately, America’s vulnerable, in terms of people with disease and addiction and mental health.
Patriotism is a love of country. If you love your country, you should love your countrymen and women. It doesn’t mean you always agree with them or even like them. It is understanding that we have interwoven destiny.
I’m a person that’s grounded in faith and believe that my core values, motivation, inspiration, draw from a conception of the world in that way.
We are all innovators, we all like to use our imagination, which is our greatest tool.
When they told me I couldn’t sit on the Senate floor with an iPad – that the technology wasn’t even permitted – I breathed deep and knew that I was going to have to start pushing.
The fact that Newark is having poetry festivals and peace conferences – all of these things are building an undeniable thesis that our city is making incredible strides forward.
My story starts with my dad, a black boy born to a single mother in a small town in North Carolina. It starts with my parents meeting in Washington, D.C., in the ’60s, at a time of incredible activism.
My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about.