I'm still that kid that worked at Subway and Target.

For the son of immigrants to run for elected office, not even a generation after my parents got here, that's what makes America a great place.

Our most polluted neighborhoods are disproportionately home to Latinos, African Americans, and other communities of color.

We must continue to honor America's commitment to keeping families together and not turn our backs on refugees and asylum seekers.

It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science.

The Japanese people have a strong connection with nature and the ocean and a huge respect for them.

The way I think of it, economics and ecology occupy two intellectual silos, isolated from each other. Even when they do take each other into consideration, it's not uncommon for ecologists to spout absolute nonsense about economics, and vice versa.

I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.