We Are Spending $1 Billion A Week

Mercury Pollution From Power Plants Is A National Problem That Requires A National Response

Family Farms And Small Businesses Are The Backbone Of Our Communities.

Incivility Is A Symptom, Not The Disease. We've Always Had Partisan Conflict In Congress, And We Always Will. Yet When I Worked For A Year (1970-71) On The Staff Of Sen. Ed Muskie Of Maine, This Was A Different Place, More Collegial, More Sensitive To Data, More Concerned About All Of The American People. I Think Because The For-profit Media Prizes Conflict Above Cooperation And Sound Bites Above Analysis, Politicians Have Learned To Adapt To Those Tendencies. Consequently, Our Public Debates Are Dumbed Down As Our Problems Grow More Complex.

I Think We Have A Moral Obligation To Our Children That Can Be Easily Summarized: Number One, Protect Them From Harm.

Stem Cell Research Holds Out The Promise Of Finding Cures And Treatments For A Wide Range Of Diseases.