Hillary Clinton in Second 2016 Presidential Debate

On Energy & Oil: FactCheck: US not yet quite energy-independent

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA.gov, a federal agency) says in it April 2015 report, "The United States is currently an exporter of petroleum products and coal, but an importer of natural gas and crude oil. When the energy content of these fuels is combined, the United States in 2014 imported 23.3 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) of energy and exported 12.2 quadrillion Btu. Projections in EIA's recently released AEO2015 show that, on an energy content basis, U.S. energy imports and exports could come into balance in coming years."

In plain English, that means that the US is not yet energy-independent, but soon will be, if current policies stay in effect. So Hillary is only right if looking forward to the future with President Obama's policies staying in place.

On Abortion: Appoint Supreme Court judges who will uphold Roe v Wade

A: I want to appoint justices who understand the way the world really works, who have real-life experience, who actually understand what people are up against. I would want to see the Supreme Court reverse Citizens United and get dark, unaccountable money out of our politics. I would like the Supreme Court to understand that voting rights are still a big problem in many parts of our country, that we don't always do everything we can to make it possible for people of color and older people and young people to be able to exercise their franchise. I want a Supreme Court that will stick with Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose, and I want a Supreme Court that will stick with marriage equality, that doesn't always side with corporate interests, that understands because you're wealthy and you can give more money to something doesn't mean you have any more rights or should have any more rights than anybody else.

On Corporations: I voted to close corporate tax loopholes that Trump used

A: [Trump's] plan will give the wealthy and corporations the biggest tax cuts they've ever had, more than the Bush tax cuts by at least a factor of two. The way that he talks about his tax cuts would end up raising taxes on middle-class families, millions of middle-class families. I have said nobody who makes less than $250,000 a year will have their taxes raised. We've got to go where the money is. It is with people who have taken advantage of every single break in the tax code. When I was a senator, I did vote to close corporate loopholes. I voted to close one of the loopholes Trump took advantage of when he claimed a billion-dollar loss that enabled him to avoid paying taxes. I want to have a tax on people who are making a million dollars. Warren Buffett said somebody like him should not be paying a lower tax rate than his secretary. I want to have a surcharge on incomes above $5 million.

On Energy & Oil: Be the 21st-century clean energy superpower

On Families & Children: The Trump Effect: kids are uneasy and fearful

On Foreign Policy: Cooperate with Russia when possible & stand up when needed

A: Russia hasn't paid any attention to ISIS. They're interested in keeping Assad in power. When I was secretary of state, I advocated--and I advocate today--a no-fly zone and safe zones. We need some leverage with the Russians, because they are not going to come to the negotiating table for a diplomatic resolution unless there is some leverage over them. I want to emphasize that what is at stake here is the ambitions and the aggressiveness of Russia. Russia has decided that it's all in, in Syria. They've also decided who they want to see become president of the US, too, and it's not me. I've stood up to Russia. I've taken on Putin and others, and I would do that as president. Wherever we can cooperate with Russia, that's fine. And I did as secretary of state. That's how we got a treaty reducing nuclear weapons. It's how we got the sanctions on Iran that put a lid on the Iranian nuclear program without firing a single shot.

On Foreign Policy: Should admit carefully vetted war refugees on moral grounds

A: First of all, I will not let anyone into our country that I think poses a risk to us. But there are a lot of refugees, women & children--think of that picture we all saw of that 4-year-old boy with the blood on his forehead because he'd been bombed by the Russian and Syrian air forces. We need to do our part. We by no means are carrying anywhere near the load that Europe and others are. But we will have vetting that is as tough as it needs to be from our intelligence experts and others. It is important for us not to say, as Trump has said, "we're going to ban people based on a religion." We are a country founded on religious freedom and liberty. How do we do what he has advocated without causing great distress within our own country? What he said was extremely unwise and even dangerous. You can look at the propaganda on a lot of the terrorists sites, and what Trump says about Muslims is used to recruit fighters.

On Free Trade: Trade prosecutor to deal with China illegally dumping steel

TRUMP: Energy is under siege by the Obama administration. The EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, is killing these energy companies. And you take a look at what's happening to steel and the cost of steel and China dumping vast amounts of steel all over the United States, which essentially is killing our steelworkers and our steel companies. It's an absolute disgrace.

CLINTON: First of all, China is illegally dumping steel in the United States and Donald Trump is buying it to build his buildings, putting steelworkers and American steel plants out of business. That's something that I fought against as a senator and that I would have a trade prosecutor to make sure that we don't get taken advantage of by China on steel or anything else.

On Gun Control: Respect 2nd amendment but close loopholes

TRUMP: People that will respect the US Constitution. Also, the Second Amendment, which is totally under siege by people like Clinton. They'll respect the Second Amendment and what it stands for, what it represents.

CLINTON: I respect the Second Amendment. But I believe there should be comprehensive background checks, and we should close the gun show loophole, and close the online loophole.

On Health Care: ObamaCare benefits the insured as well as the uninsured

1. Insurance companies can't deny you coverage because of a pre-existing condition.
2. No lifetime limits, which is a big deal if you have serious health problems.
3. Women can't be charged more than men for our health insurance, which is the way it used to be before the Affordable Care Act.
4. If you're under 26, and your parents have a policy, you can be on that policy until the age of 26.

On Health Care: I'll fix ObamaCare; they'll repeal it

CLINTON: Donald says he's going to solve it by repealing it and getting rid of the Affordable Care Act. And I'm going to fix it, because I agree that premiums have gotten too high. Copays, deductibles, prescription drug costs--I've laid out a series of actions that we can take to try to get those costs down. I want very much to save what works and is good about the Affordable Care Act, but we've got to get costs down. Right now, we are at 90 percent health insurance coverage. That's the highest we've ever been in our country. I want us to get to 100 percent, but get costs down and keep quality up.

TRUMP: ObamaCare is a disaster. You know it. We all know it. It's going up at numbers that nobody's ever seen for health care. It's only getting worse. In '17, it implodes by itself. Their method of fixing it is to go back and ask Congress for more money, more and more money. ObamaCare will never work.

On Homeland Security: Work with Muslim countries against ISIS; not against Islam

A: I've heard this question from a lot of Muslim-Americans because there's been a lot of very divisive, dark things said about Muslims. It's very short-sighted and dangerous to be engaging in the kind of demagogic rhetoric of Trump. We need American Muslims to be part of our eyes and ears on our front lines. I've worked with a lot of different Muslim groups around America. I've heard how important it is for them to feel that they are wanted and included and part of our country, part of our homeland security, and that's what I want to see. I intend to defeat ISIS, to do so in a coalition with majority Muslim nations. Right now, a lot of those nations are hearing what Trump says and wondering, "why should we cooperate with the Americans?" This is a gift to ISIS and the terrorists, violent jihadist terrorists. We are not at war with Islam.

On Principles & Values: Stronger Together: president for all Americans

CLINTON: We are going to be looking for ways to celebrate our diversity, and we are going to try to reach out to every boy and girl, as well as every adult, to bring them in to working on behalf of our country. I have a very positive and optimistic view about what we can do together. That's why the slogan of my campaign is "Stronger Together," because I think if we work together, if we overcome the divisiveness that sometimes sets Americans against one another, and instead we make some big goals and we go together to try to achieve them, there's nothing in my opinion that America can't do. So that's why I hope that we will come together in this campaign.

I can promise you, I will work with every American. I want to be the president for all Americans, regardless of your political beliefs, where you come from, what you look like, your religion. I want us to heal our country and bring it together.

On Principles & Values: I've produced results in my 30 years of public service

On Tax Reform: I have always been in favor of banning carried interest

Trump: One thing I'd do is get rid of carried interest. One of the greatest provisions for people like me, to be honest with you, Clinton could have done this years ago, by the way. She was a US senator.

Clinton: I've been in favor of getting rid of carried interest for years, starting when I was a US senator.

Trump: Why didn't you do it?

Clinton: Because I was a senator with a Republican president.

Trump: Oh, really?

Clinton: I will be the president and we will get it done. That's exactly right.

Trump: You could have done it, if you were an effective senator. But you were not an effective senator.

Clinton: Under our Constitution, presidents have something called veto power.

On War & Peace: Arm and support the Kurds against Assad