I respect public employees and school teachers. They deserve a secure retirement.

The public library is where I studied. It's where my grandfather taught himself English.

We owe our public servants, from school teachers to state employees, a sustainable and well-funded retirement that they can count on.

Those diplomas on my wall would not be there without the GI Bill that educated my father, without the public library, without the RIPTA bus.

In business, we use certain principles to measure performance, and I envision applying those principles in the public sector.

I want to show two things. One, that Democrats can solve big problems and get things done. And two, that as a public official, you can make tough choices, do the right things for the right reasons, and upset some people. And still get elected.