Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality.

I don't exactly remember the wording, and if they are as reported, then I am apologetic for those words.

Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love.

Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.

We shouldn't be so dependent on foreign oil.

No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out of poverty.