We must increase funding for job training by increasing funding for the Workforce Investment Act to $4.5 billion.

We must also make sure that our communities are safe by restoring funding for COPS hiring and COPS programs.

I am proud of the history and success of this program, and there are many more similar organizations doing the same thing with little if any headlines in our nation.

The Pell Grant, which has only been increased in funding in the last year after not being increased for more than five years, enables hundreds of thousands of low-income students to realize the more elusive dream of attending college.

H.R. 1, the Budget Resolution for the next fiscal year, would reduce funding for this budget by a whopping 41 percent.

The Head Start program has enabled hundreds of thousands of children to learn how to read, write, do arithmetic and be successful in elementary school.

We must preserve our funding for international relief programs, specifically, programs supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

we must sustain those investments that help us create jobs, innovate for the future, and remain competitive in the global marketplace

the economic recovery of my District, the State of Rhode Island, and the nation as a whole demands that we work collaboratively

In the forum I proposed an analogous statement 'I plan to start my diet by eating cake and ice cream' to illustrate the hypocrisy.

America pays its bills. Extending the debt limit is not about incurring new obligations; it is about honoring past obligations.

An overwhelming majority of my constituents do not want this Congress to cut Federal initiatives that serve them.

The key to jump-starting our economy is to put Americans back to work.

The Federal Government has an obligation, a sacred responsibility to prepare our children for a competitive global economy.

Cutting education priorities is the wrong move at the wrong time.

Reducing benefits would not reduce the deficit but would greatly harm our seniors in my district more than any in Massachusetts.

I understand that small business is the backbone of our economy.

Nothing is more crucial to our nation's long-term future than an educated citizenry.