Jon S. Corzine: “I compliment you on holding this hearing. It is one of obvious importance.”

after serious deliberation, I will be voting against the United States-Dominican Republic Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA. While I support the principle of free trade, free trade must also be fair. I have supported our…

let me say from the start, I have thought about this long and hard. I believe in the seriousness and the potential for free-trade agreements. But after looking at this particular one, and looking at it in the context of our overall…

I stand today to speak in support of an issue that affects every woman in this country--the fight for equal pay for men and women. Today is Equal Pay Day--the day when the wages paid to American women ``catch up'' to the wages paid to men…

I also want to note the House of Representatives included a similar measure in its version of the Transportation bill. It was a bipartisan amendment sponsored by New Jersey colleagues, Frank LoBiondo, a Republican, and Bill Pascrell, a…