The difference is I spoke out about Alex Pretti and Renee Good getting killed. They shouldn't have died. The reason they died, however, is because sanctuary policies prohibited local law enforcement from cooperating on crowd control and…

Division is the oldest trick in politics, and the cheapest.

Stripping these devoted civil servants of their collective bargaining rights undermines not only their workplace protections, but also the stability and morale of the civilian workforce that underpins our national defense.

198,000 New York families, kids, and seniors across Western New York depend on SNAP to put food on the table. But last year, Republicans passed the largest cut to SNAP in history, forcing Western New York counties and their taxpayers to…

Now, Republicans want to move forward with a Farm Bill that would do nothing for hungry families or the counties. The Republicans’ plan will immediately blow a $250,000 bill in the Orleans County budget, and counties across the country…

We are told that America is exceptional because we are richer, stronger, more powerful than everyone else.

Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment.

And yet today, too many of our leaders do not believe in a vision of this nation as an asylum for the persecuted, but rather as one that persecutes those seeking asylum.

We are fully prepared, there isn't anything to share beyond that.

At every moment in our past, those who led through exclusion and isolation have tried to win power and enrich themselves by turning us against one another. Division is the oldest trick in politics, and the cheapest.

“Anniversaries of this scale are not just invitations to reflect on the past. They are also a mirror.”

I will support every single Democratic incumbent in the New York Congressional delegation and beyond.

I will be fighting nonstop for my legislation in this year’s NDAA to roll back President Trump’s executive order and to restore and protect our federal workforce’s right to collectively bargain.

What’s a party if not its voters?

I've worked with sort of the ideologically diverse group of members up until this point and will continue to do so.

And we have many more to win.

House Democrats oppose what he called the president's 'war of choice.'

The freedoms we enjoy were not handed down; they were won.