You cannot afford to hire an attorney at $200 to $300 an hour to fight over your $12,000 car and read more

You cannot afford to hire an attorney at $200 to $300 an hour to fight over your $12,000 car and have to pay those bills. People need to become aware that they have some rights, even when going up against these giant companies that try to intimidate.

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to read more

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.

I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the read more

I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who sent them to Washington in the first place.

When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, don’t sit back and apathetically blame indifference. The loudest read more

When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, don’t sit back and apathetically blame indifference. The loudest voices may be delivering the worst messages today, but history shows that grass-roots energy has the power to change anything when that energy is focused toward justice

Among these treasures of our land is water--fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where read more

Among these treasures of our land is water--fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used--but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled.

[There] is an increasing sense of what can be called "legal pollution."

[There] is an increasing sense of what can be called "legal pollution."

It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You read more

It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You heard about the Medicare actuary who was forced to fudge the numbers and lie to Congress to keep his job. You heard the falsified numbers in Iraq on everything from the cost of the war to the number of trained Iraqi troops to a slam dunk case for weapons of mass destruction. You heard about the administration sponsored fake newscasts to mislead people all across America.

In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star read more

In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you're told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.

And I’ll tell you, few things make me more angry than some out of touch Washington politician saying that Head read more

And I’ll tell you, few things make me more angry than some out of touch Washington politician saying that Head Start doesn’t work. That’s a flat out lie and it’s disrespectful to you and the tens of thousands of Americans who make this program work for children every single day.