Mr. President, I would like to talk on the bill that we are debating on the floor about China currency. Let me say a few things. To me and to many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, very little we could do could be more important…

I thank my colleague, and I understand his good intentions and desire to get to the same place, which is to get China to behave fairly. I certainly will look at his bill. I simply say this: Growing up in Brooklyn, we had to deal with a lot…

Mr. President, my main purpose is to address the China currency bill, particularly in regards to the remarks of Speaker Boehner and Chairman Bernanke. But there are two other points I wish to make on previous speakers' comments. First…

This morning I was pleased to see that the Conference of Catholic Bishops has organized in order to influence Washington as it relates to the question of same-sex marriage and abortion. I think that we all agree that these are moral issues…

Mr. President, I know our time expires shortly. Senator Hatch has concluded his remarks, so I wish to speak on two other subjects until Senator Leahy arrives. SSI Extension Mr. President, I rise in support of a bill to be introduced along…

Mr. President, I ask we move from morning business to the pending legislation. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following members of my staff and the committee staff be granted the privilege of the floor during consideration of S. 1619: Jane Beard, Sarah Babcock, Danielle Fidler, Sara Harshman…

Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of S. 1619, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act. First, I want to say this bill is the culmination of years of hard work and collaboration between Democrats and Republicans. I thank…

The American people made it abundantly clear what they expected from the 112th Congress. They expect us to stop fighting each other and to do the right thing for the country. However, instead of doing that, the Republican majority has done…

I was unavoidably detained in my district and missed the votes on October 3, 2011. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 742, H.R. 686; rollcall No. 743, H.R. 765; and rollcall No. 744, H.R. 670…

First, Mr. President, let me thank my colleague from Florida. He knew I was waiting, and I know he cut short his remarks, so I appreciate that. But more importantly than that, I appreciate his insight, his articulation of our situation…

As we speak now, in my hometown of New York, United Nations leaders from all over the world are coming in. The major issue is the Palestinian claim they're going to go to the United Nations to have a declared state of their own. I have…

I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding to me, and I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 2608, the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012. I oppose playing political games with FEMA disaster funding while American citizens…

Thank you, Mr. Deutch for pointing that out because, unfortunately, I said before that the U.N. had been a kangaroo court against Israel time and time again. Israel cannot get a fair shake in the United Nations. I do hope that we are able…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding, and before I talk about these issues, let me first compliment the gentleman from Florida. He hasn't been in Congress very long, but he certainly made his mark very strongly, particularly on…

I do know that. Unfortunately, it's been difficult passing things in the Senate because, quite frankly, the minority filibusters everything to death, and getting the 60 votes is very, very difficult.

On rollcall No. 720 I was unavoidably detained. I conducted a previously scheduled telephone town hall with constituents of the 21st Congressional District of New York. The telephone town hall addressed flooding concerns associated with…

I want to thank my dear friend and colleague from Florida for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about one of the most important issues in our world, and that is peace in the Middle East. For far too many years, many…