Last month Buffalo's oldest resident, Mamie Kirkland, passed away at the age of 111. Mamie made Buffalo her home in 1923 after spending a lifetime outsmarting racism in Mississippi, Illinois, and Ohio. She fled rioting, burning of homes…

But if you look at federal programs like the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, showing that for every dollar you spend you get $4 in economic growth at the local level.

4,559 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion and occupation. Despite their sacrifices, 17 years later, Iran now owns and controls Iraq today. 2,430 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, and today we are…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, the economic future of Buffalo and western New York is tied strategically to southern Ontario, which is one-third of the entire population of the country of Canada. I am pleased that this…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, there are many issues with the Republican tax scheme, but the $10,000 State and local tax deduction cap is one of the most egregious. The SALT deduction has been a fixture of the United…

The United States Constitution is explicit: Bribery is an impeachable offense. Bribery involves the abuse of power, and the President of the United States abused the power of his office by soliciting a bribe of a foreign leader to…

Drug prices in the United States have been rising at rates significantly faster than anywhere else in the world for the past 25 years, according to the Commonwealth Fund. Investments by the Federal Government and research form the…

I was a proud supporter of the Affordable Care Act, which will be 10 years old this March.

November 21 is recognized as World Pancreatic Cancer Day, a time to raise awareness and inspire action in the fight against this devastating diagnosis which touches too many families. It is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the…

Last weekend, a train derailed in Niagara Falls, New York, tossing several cars filled with butane on their side within yards of neighborhoods, residences, and local restaurants. The Niagara Falls Fire Department and Niagara Falls Air…

the job creators in the strongest economy in the history of the world, a $21 trillion economy which is 70 percent consumption, are the American people.

What is absurd is the hypocrisy of Republican actions that created lots of bad debt that served the interests only of the hyper-rich, and not the general good.