It doesn't make me happy to go back and talk about how great high school was.

President Obama believes in a country where we invest in education, in roads and bridges, in science, and in the future so we can create new opportunities so the next kid can make it big and the kid afer that and the kid after that, that's what President Obama believes.

In 1978, we adopted a new Bankruptcy Code in the United States, and a principal part of this was designed to adjust to the new corporation, to find ways to let a corporation that had gotten into financial trouble reorganize itself. A big part of the selling point on this bankruptcy law was, 'It will preserve jobs.'

You can't predict it all. People will tell you to plan things out as best you can. They will tell you to focus. They will tell you to follow your dreams. They will all be right.

I grew up in a family that nearly lost everything, but I ended up in the United States Senate because I grew up in an America that invested in kids like me and built a real future for us.

I have voted against only one of President Obama's nominees: Michael Froman, a Citigroup alumnus who is currently storming the halls of Congress as U.S. Trade Representative pushing trade deals that threaten to undermine financial regulation, workers' rights, and environmental protections.

I learned early on what debt means, how vulnerable it makes people, what the security of owning a home means.

Because policymakers often rely on think tanks' research when crafting laws and regulations, it's critical to know whether these organizations are truly independent.

Banks were once places to hold money and were very careful in lending to finance families as they built a future - bought homes, bought cars, took out student loans.

When she was 16, my grandmother, Hannie Reed, drove a wagon in the Oklahoma land rush.

We all understand that we are living longer, and we are more likely to spend more years as frail, elderly people who can't work. We also recognize that the wonderful advances in medicine also come with wonderful price tags. Those are things you can't budget around.

Republicans say they don't believe in government. Sure they do. They believe in government to help themselves and their powerful friends.

There is one thing Anthony Weiner and I agree on: there are a lot of smart, hard-working people in the financial industry.

There is one thing Anthony Weiner and I agree on: there are a lot of smart, hard-working people in the financial industry.

Bankruptcy exposes the economic vulnerability and insecurity of middle class women.

Bankruptcy exposes the economic vulnerability and insecurity of middle class women.

G.E. doesn't pay any taxes, and we are asking college kids to take on even more debt to get an education and asking seniors to get by on less. These aren't just economic questions. These are moral questions.

G.E. doesn't pay any taxes, and we are asking college kids to take on even more debt to get an education and asking seniors to get by on less. These aren't just economic questions. These are moral questions.

People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters.

People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters.

Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick.

Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick.

I want millionaires and billionaires and Big Oil companies to pay their fair share.

I want millionaires and billionaires and Big Oil companies to pay their fair share.