“The only way we’re gonna work with Donald Trump is if he moves completely in our direction and abandons his Republican colleagues.”

I’m going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.

In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

What I want to do first with education is my student loan idea. Basically, if you go into teaching and teach for five years, your student loans should be forgiven. It doesn’t cost that much.

I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.

The export market is based, on high-paying jobs. I`ve seen statistics that show that people make over 88 a year generally benefit from this because these are export jobs.

I’m not sure we will have every single Democrat, but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this bill because we think that will encourage the House not only to move forward but to pass a bill.

I want to attract the best people into teaching.

Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.

When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.

The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.

Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can’t. After all, Mitt Romney’s idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.

What we are going to do as Democrats is put together a really strong platform that focuses on jobs and economic issues.

The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.

The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.

When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.

But I don’t think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.