Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual process.

In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue.

Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed.

I am not normally a betting person, but I say that putting your money on the American people is about as close to a sure bet as you are going to get.

We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and yet, we as adults struggle to talk to kids honestly about sex, the rules of dignity and consent.

Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family background, so art was a way of reinventing myself.

I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.

My mother brought me numerous times to visit Orton as a child, and I have visited the gardens with my children many times. Orton is a gem on the Cape Fear River and I am excited about our restoration efforts to bring it back to its original landscape.