We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.
We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.
In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island.
As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations.
A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation’s economy and transportation systems.
Transportation spending is a win-win proposition.
The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers from it.
There are always, of course, job losses of a cyclical nature in a recession.
It seems to me morally a decent society will try to take some of the increased benefit and use that to alleviate the pain of the few who are bearing the cost that made it possible.
Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either.
Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.
Hopefully, Serbia’s political leaders will not only recognize the seriousness which we attach to this case but also understand that it is in Serbia’s interest to let justice work to sever the ties with the Milosevic past that have held the country back from a Europe where it otherwise belongs.
Real economic stimulus comes from real investment.
Foreign trade clearly holds down the cost of products we buy.
In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.
The fact is that America relies on Amtrak to move people.
Meanwhile, hard-working Americans are increasingly faced with workplace conditions in which critically important safeguards are watered down, emerging problems are ignored, and enforcement is scaled back.
This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.
The Long Island Sound is an environmentally unique estuary that needs to be protected.
The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers.
We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care.