Expanding passenger rail would revolutionize transportation in America, stimulate economic development and job creation, and have multiplier effects that would reverberate across regional economies for decades.

The ability for residents on either side of the border to hop on a train and quickly travel between Western New York and Toronto... would transform our economies.

I thank the chairman for yielding, for his integrity, and his steady leadership throughout this process. I am proud of the legislation that we are considering today, and the entire House should be as well. Over the past two decades we have…

High-quality, high-speed broadband is essential in today's interconnected and interdependent world. Underserved communities throughout America need internet access for education, transportation, and healthcare services and to realize the…

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill signed into law yesterday reveals the power of this moment and the importance of momentum. Madam Speaker, 50 years ago, the Buffalo River was declared biologically dead and ecologically destroyed…

It was reduced to 77 percent under a Democratic administration, under John F. Kennedy.

My two colleagues from Pennsylvania were very clear about the component parts of this plan and the good things that they do for individuals, but they also do good things for our Nation as a whole. Madam Speaker, the conservative economist…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I was listening intently to the other side extolling the virtues of nothing but a cynical assessment of the American economy when the American economy, in fact, needs investment. A couple of facts I want…

Well, I think the point that is being made here is, despite perceptions to the contrary and the assertions of those who have now left perhaps because they can't defend this, clearly the American economy performs much more efficiently, much…

The Buffalo-Niagara region faces a serious and tragic rise in gun violence, as does the entire country. It has devastated neighborhoods and torn families apart. Crime data released this week confirms that this is a local problem and a…

The Republican Party is, in fact, the party of debt and deficit. Ronald Reagan, a Republican, grew the deficit to $152 billion. Bush 1, a Republican, grew that deficit to $290 billion. President Clinton, a Democrat, wiped out the entirety…

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility and disparities of the American healthcare system, particularly in underserved communities. Through the American Rescue Plan, Congress is seeking to close these disparities to make healthcare…