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I was never up four percent.
We are strong country with weak leadership.
It's nice to have a debate in a swing state.
Demagoguery is not unknown in American history.
A stable and affordable home is fundamental to economic security.
Colorado's economy is already being threatened by unchecked climate change.
In my mind, there is no reason public school reform should be a partisan issue.
A lot of people in America don't know me, and that's something I have to overcome.
Fixing our schools must begin with reforming the way we attract talent to teaching.
I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.
Ensuring all kids have access to an effective, talented teacher needs to be a national priority.
[The Clean Power Plan] is an important step toward curbing carbon pollution and addressing climate change.
I think the inhabitants of the past are fighting hard to keep the rents they acquired in the 20th century.
Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.
Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.
My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher.
We don't have to settle for disgraceful politics. We don't have to settle for being as terrible as Donald Trump.
Teaching is hard. It takes years to master the technically demanding work and a lot of effort to do that work well.
In this day and age of digital media, as we've learned, it's not as though nobody's going to find out what you said.
Before I was in the Senate, I was a superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, and before that, I was in business.
I think one of the things that we are facing right now is that we've stopped listening to each other in our politics.
If teaching isn't rewarding and challenging, we're going to continue to lose our best teachers to work in other fields.
To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.
I probably would have voted against Justice Thomas, and, and, and I've been disappointed by what Justice Roberts has done.
We've got a lot of work to do: not only on education, but on the economy, on our tax code, and on reducing our crushing debt.
Eviction often leads to a disruption in critical services like Medicaid and nutrition assistance when families need them most.
Coloradans want to take the long view and invest in our state's future. We know that to do this, we cannot neglect our schools.
Colorado's majestic landscapes are one of our most valuable assets, and it's important that we work to preserve these treasures.
There is simply no way we are going to make progress on the enormous challenges we face without making hard choices. It's impossible.
Health care is much the same - the status quo is, by all measures, failing far too many people - and we must not shrink from the challenge.
We've done a terrible job of hiring, supporting, and retaining the people tasked with the difficult responsibility of teaching our children.
I have a very clear idea of what the Freedom Caucus has done to this country by terrorizing both the Republican Party and the America people.
A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society.
Social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr provide an unparalleled ability for people to stay connected in new and unique ways.
Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones.
Electoral victory is not an end in itself. It is intended to set in motion a pluralist process to resolve our disputes and move the country forward.
I believe there's not a harder job in the world than being a teacher, and there isn't a job with a more direct impact on the performance of our students.
I believe people I represent still aspire to the idea that our job as a generation is to provide more opportunity to the people coming after us, not less.
I am most interested in the outcomes at schools and school districts and ensuring that all kids are prepared for college and a career in the 21st-century job market.
I think the worst vote I ever cast was a vote to change the rules to lower the threshold for approval of judicial nominations and executive administration nominations.
Listen, I, I did vote - I did cast a vote for health care, and I also said that I thought the process was horrible. The status quo before we passed health care was also horrible.
While NCLB drove important progress on transparency and data disaggregation, I think it's clear that the status quo in public education is not working for our kids or our country.
I've focused on making sure we have talented teachers and principals in our schools through proposals like the GREAT Teachers and Principals Act and the Presidential Teachers Corps.
We don't have to settle for Freedom Caucus tactics - those guys are tyrants. We don't have to accept that. In fact, we can't and have this country be what this country really can be.
Study after study affirms what I saw in the classroom every day as superintendent of Denver Public Schools: Nothing makes a bigger difference for student learning than great teaching.
I think about Aaron Rodgers, he's like Chris Evans before he got the HGH injection in Captain America. But before he was super smart and was still witty and stuff. That's how I see Tom Brady.
As we all become increasingly reliant on social networking websites and new technologies to stay connected, it's important to remain cognizant of how private personal information and data is handled.
I think if we can get people focused to do what we need to do to keep our kids from being stuck with this debt that they didn't accrue, you might be surprised at how far we can move this conversation.
To me, the burden of proof isn't on people looking for ways to improve our schools; it's on people who want to keep things the same. Our current system isn't working, and too many kids are being left behind.
We need to work with the other countries in the hemisphere so that they also have refugee policies in place so that people have a place to go and can escape the violence in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.