Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community.

Whatever happened to a sense of idealism and embracing an idea that will help people and, in this case, children?

Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job, ... But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to.

These children deserve to go to school, where they can learn and just be kids, ... It will take months and maybe years for their communities in the Gulf states to rebuild, and until they do, if they need us, we will provide a quality education for them in Illinois.

That means regular doctors visits. That means going to the dentist. That means having your eyes checked. That means coverage for the medicines children need,

The children of working families are the children who are falling through the cracks, ... It's not supposed to be that way in America.