The House of Representatives should not be locked down by the decided play of a few in leadership.

By keeping your eye on the ultimate goal, you lean into the mess and try to make the outcome a little better.

We must continue to foster relevant and constructive dialogue among Israeli and Palestinian communities.

That sacred space of conscience where you can exercise your rights in terms of religious freedom and deeply-held, reasonable beliefs is the core of human dignity. In fact, that's the basis for civilization itself. And when you lose that fundamental principle... you have no basis on which to build.