Niki Tsongas

I believe that we need a comprehensive strategy for American energy independence that decreases our reliance on fossil fuels and helps move us to a new energy future built on American manufacturing of clean, renewable energy.

I have real concerns about this bill's potential impact on the long-term success of Massachusetts fisheries.

The work they do at Natick is critical for our future. These are the kinds of technologies that we need.

Congress has come together every year for half a century to pass the NDAA and support our servicemembers. This NDAA includes the BE SAFE Act, which it was my honor to work on with Representative Mike Turner. It takes significant steps…

The safety and security of Afghan women remains an important barometer.

If you really care about opening the national parks, about putting our government workers back to work, that we could have a vote today on a clean CR.

Yesterday I had a heart-wrenching conversation with a nurse employed at a military installation in my district. She has been furloughed because of the Republican government shutdown. As a Federal contract employee, she is terrified that…

It is absurd that we are holding this hearing without a single witness from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Federal Government is shut down today for one reason: we have been denied any chance of voting on the clean funding bill passed by the Senate.

On Tuesday, despite the GOP's best efforts, health care exchanges across this country opened. In the first 24 hours, healthcare.gov was visited by 4.7 million visitors. In Massachusetts, where we've had an exchange for years, thousands…

The Federal Government is shut down today for one reason: we in the House have been denied any chance of voting on the clean funding bill passed by the Senate. Four times now, House leaders have demanded that we dismantle a democratically…

The goal is to deter President Assad's future use of chemical weapons and degrade his capacity to use them.

I, like many, was so pleased when Secretary Panetta announced that DOD was mapping out how to integrate women into combat roles.

We as a country cannot combat the threats of the future by excluding the potential talents and skills offered by half the U.S. population.

What rationale would allow the Marine Corps to keep women out of jobs that are the same or virtually the same as jobs the other Services have opened or will open?

This announcement really recognized our current reality that women are already serving in combat.

I think we have to have a balanced approach that resolves this once and for all.

Since assuming control of the House of Representatives, Republicans have brought 10 bills to the floor to limit a woman's constitutionally protected right to make choices regarding her own health. In January, we were told that the…

I value my partnership with Congressman Turner as cochairs of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus and with the legislation we have crafted on combating the horrific crime of sexual assault in the military. This year, our work…

Lightweight body armor that hadn't been designed for female members put female soldiers at greater risk in the field. This year's bill requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a comprehensive R&D strategy for lightweight body armor to…

This year's NDAA takes unprecedented steps to address a disturbing prevalence of sexual assault in the military, and I want to thank Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, Congressman Wilson, and Congresswoman Davis for including these…

On April 15 and in the days after, local, State, and Federal law enforcement personnel from across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and nearby States of Rhode Island and New Hampshire joined in a weeklong effort to respond to the marathon…

I thank the gentlewoman and appreciate very much her comments as well as the shared commitment of Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts to responding to the horrific attacks. As we face the days ahead, Patriots Day will continue…

I thank the gentleman and appreciate very much his heartfelt comments. At this time, I would like to yield to my colleague from Rhode Island, David Cicilline.

I thank the gentleman and appreciate his comments and the fact that we are all coming together to talk about this event we are still working very hard to comprehend. With that, I would like to yield to my colleague, our newest Member from…