As the Nation recognizes Black History Month, I rise to pay tribute to a special history in my western New York community. This Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of Buffalo's historic Colored Musicians Club. The club's…

This week in 1940, the first Social Security check was issued. Since then, it has been one of our Nation's most impactful and successful programs. Social Security is based on a simple premise: if you work hard, you should live a dignified…

You know, the good thing about the economy is, you know policy either works or it does not. It is not ideological; it is arithmetical.

I rise on behalf of so many western New Yorkers and Americans who are outraged by the President's executive order on immigration. The story of America is defined by the struggle of immigrants overcoming incredible odds to claim their piece…

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time in our country to reflect on the progress that we have made on civil rights as well as how much further still as a nation we must go. When contemplating the progress in western New York, Frank B. Mesiah…

Nearly 8 years ago, western New Yorkers watched in horror as Continental flight 3407 crashed, tragically ending the lives of those on board. Since then, the families of those lost have turned their grief into a relentless fight to…

The literature since 9/11 has clearly established that the New York City Police Department counterterrorism intelligence is probably the most effective in all the world.

You are 3,000 times more likely to be killed by an American with a gun than a terrorist.

There are almost 200,000 civilians in the six U.N. peacekeeping bases and many of them would not be alive today if not for the U.N.'s presence.

Why would any law-abiding citizen that invokes a Constitutional right to bear arms as a responsible citizen... defend someone that has terrorist activity in their history to purchase a gun legally?

We should give law enforcement professionals and leaders fast track authority in developing common-sense, common-sense gun control.

Today, only a few days from the fifteenth anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, we now know, unfortunately, that information sharing is an integral part of our Nation's security.