Michael Bennet

“Anyone who thinks they're a progressive should be interested in making progress.”

“I probably would have voted against Justice Thomas, and, and, and I've been disappointed by what Justice Roberts has done.”

“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.”

“There is simply no way we are going to make progress on the enormous challenges we face without making hard choices. It's impossible.”

“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.”

“Fixing our schools must begin with reforming the way we attract talent to teaching.”

“I think the inhabitants of the past are fighting hard to keep the rents they acquired in the 20th century.”

“I think that we have positive moments in our history and negative moments in our history. We incarcerated Japanese Americans in the state of Colorado, in Camp Amache. You could say that's part of our heritage; I would say it's a shameful part of our heritage and not something we should repeat.”

“When I was superintendent of Denver Public Schools, I saw the potential of some of our best and brightest students cut short, punished for the actions of others - kids who had grown up and done well in our school system, and kids who know no other home but America. This is unacceptable.”

“If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest checks - then we have to fight back now and make sure our system reflects the belief that people, not corporations, control our democracy.”

“A stable and affordable home is fundamental to economic security.”

“We've done a terrible job of hiring, supporting, and retaining the people tasked with the difficult responsibility of teaching our children.”

“Competitive programs such as Race to the Top provide incentives for communities to develop new solutions for old problems. Because of Race to the Top, states have raised their standards and committed to fixing schools that have persistently failed students.”

“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.”

“My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher.”

“I think one of the things that we are facing right now is that we've stopped listening to each other in our politics.”

“To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.”

“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.”

“A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society.”

“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.”