The absence of diverse voices leads to policies and programs that adversely impact African-Americans.

I think calling what Paul Ryan is doing a 'budget' is lending some validity to it. It is not a budget. If it were a budget, he could justify his revenue projections, he could justify his cuts, and he can't. This is a scheme to rob the poor and give to the rich.

If leadership is something that is in-your-face, then that is a different type of leadership.

The Office of Congressional Ethics was created to provide more transparency in the House of Representatives. It was a commendable goal.

The way I see it, what is going to come out of the moon activities is a respect for U.S. leadership.

To build more interest in goalkeeping, we have to change how people think and report on goalkeepers. You are not just there to keep the ball out of the back of the net: you are there to impact the back four, to organise the team, essentially lead from the back. It is a really pivotal position.

We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership.

There's a conventional wisdom that says that strategic thinking is much more important than relationship building, which doesn't seem to be nearly as highly valued as it should be, based on what some of the leaders that I've spoken with have said to me.