Albio Sires

Why should I give you money if this port is so inefficient? Why don't I take that money and put it someplace where it is more efficient?

It seems to me that it is counter to what we are trying to do.

Well, we've got to negotiate him into jail.

My concern is that this man is a criminal now, what he's done to his people.

somewhere along the line he has to be held responsible for what he's done to his people, I mean, brought to court.

I believe our foreign policy toward the hemisphere has gone by the wayside for far too long.

I support this pipe wholeheartedly, but I would hate to see this pipe being built and then have the oil being shipped to some other country.

To me, this is so simple. National security and jobs.

This is a story where a man should be sent home to be with his family...

Some analysts have likened our foreign policies toward Latin America as adrift and far too narrow in scope.

I want to express my appreciation to you, Mr. Chairman, for reaching out earlier this week and meeting with me to discuss how we can work together.

Unless Congress acts this week, a series of drastic spending cuts known as the sequester will take effect. Sequestration threatens the jobs of hundreds of thousands of middle class Americans, as well as vital services for children…

I believe it is fair to acknowledge that since 9/11, our foreign policy has focused on the crises emanating from the Middle East, Asia, and back again.

I am concerned that we are going to have to rely more on the private sector going in and building, and promoting, and doing certain things in some of these countries.

If we face yet another fiscal cliff in 2 weeks, it is imperative that this Chamber produces a real solution to ward off a financial disaster that could deeply impact the American people. The idea behind sequestration was to create a…

Let me first congratulate my colleague and all of my colleagues from New Jersey for their hard work. This unprecedented storm has hurt New Jersey to the tune of 41,000 people; 41,000 families are currently impacted. Over 300 municipalities…

As I sat here, I was thinking that maybe there is a bias against the northeastern States of this country. This devastation can happen to any State, and no one State has the money to make sure that the people who were injured in this storm…

It has been nearly 8 weeks since Superstorm Sandy struck our shores and devastated an entire region. It has been 8 weeks, and Congress has yet to send a disaster assistance package to the affected States. It is precedent for this body to…

Today we mourn as a nation with Newtown, Connecticut, and the Sandy Hook Elementary community. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this horrendous tragedy and their families. On Friday, 27 people, including children, had their…

I just want to say thank you for all the hard work that you have done in the last 20 months.

Do I wish we had a super-speed? Absolutely.

Hurricane Sandy was an unprecedented storm that left a devastating impact on the New Jersey and New York region-- damaging homes, businesses and leaving millions without power. My district was hit particularly hard. Numerous substations in…

Last month I joined 78 bipartisan Members of Congress in asking Secretary of State Clinton to ensure that Iraq meets its obligations and protects the 3,400 Iranian dissidents living in Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty. Residents of Camp…

I don't understand why so long, so much money it takes for us to get a TWIC card.

Access to affordable higher education is one of the reasons that our country is so great. As someone who lives in the gateway to America, I have seen firsthand the transformational power of education. However, access to higher education is…