What's really pathetic is that Anderson Cooper apparently doesn't share my enthusiasm for participating in such a historic and wonderful celebration of democracy. I'm sorry he is so jaded.

What is really pathetic is that Anderson Cooper apparently doesn't share my enthusiasm for participating in such a historic and wonderful celebration of democracy. I'm sorry he's so jaded.

Today is another great day for American families. Later this afternoon, President Obama will sign the State Children's Health Insurance program Reauthorization into law. Just one week ago, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair…

I am just amazed at what I am hearing from my friends on the other side of the aisle. I have been on the Energy and Commerce Committee for the past 13 years, and I have been on the Telecommunications Subcommittee for most of that time. We…

just a few days ago, there was a despicable attack on the largest synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela, which was orchestrated and very, very disgraceful. Twenty members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee wrote a strong…

I support the right of democratic Israel to defend itself against terrorism by Hamas. We know that missiles have been raining down on Israel, more than 7,000 in the past few years, and that the Palestinians, Hamas, are using its people as…

I rise today not in opposition to this legislation, but simply to talk for a moment about the problems of the FAA. Early last year, we were informed by the FAA of their plan to implement a redesign of the airspace in the northeast, which…

I rise to condemn the fact that former President Jimmy Carter on Friday is going to Damascus to meet with the senior Hamas leader. This is really a disgrace, and, frankly, I think that Jimmy Carter embarrasses himself by doing so. Hamas is…

And the explosion of drug-resistant TB in sub-Saharan Africa threatens to halt and roll back our progress in combating both diseases. The legislation supports key TB-HIV activities, such as providing AIDS patients with TB screening and…

I rise because I listened intently to the remarks just made by my friend from Texas, and I want to say that as someone who has supported the independence of Kosova for the past 20 years, I couldn't disagree more. I am proud of the United…

nearly 2 weeks ago Officer Christopher Ridley, age 23, of the Mount Vernon New York Police Department saw a street scuffle outside a county social services building in White Plains, New York. While off duty and in plain clothes, he drew…

There should be no finger pointing, no questioning of patriotism. This is the American way of life, the American Congress at our best, democracy where everyone can speak. This makes me so proud to be an American and so proud to be a Member…

The only thing I wanted to add, Mr. Speaker, was that the gentleman pointed out that so many people from New York City and the suburbs of New York lost their lives. Both Senators from New Jersey were there today at Ground Zero, and the…

Mr. Speaker, helping New York has been something that has been done in a bipartisan fashion since the tragic events of last September 11. This, of course, is part and parcel of that. New York City was hit not because it was some random…

I rise first to thank all my colleagues for voting to bring the Congress here to New York. Its been more than 200 years since Congress last met in New York City. It is a fitting tribute that Congress has returned here at this most…

This was not only a strike on September 11 at New York City. It was not, of course, only a strike in downstate New York or in the suburbs of New York City. It was a strike at our great Nation, at our country. The terrorists thought that…

Mr. Chairman, 1 month ago today, President Bush made a very important speech on the Middle East. He said that the United States would support the establishment of a Palestinian state, but only if Palestinian leaders meet specific…

I rise in support of the Freedom Promotion Act. This important legislation is designed to enhance public diplomacy in countries with predominantly Muslim populations. During the 1990's, the United States fought in four military conflicts…

In light of yet another suicide bombing in Israel yesterday, I think it is incumbent that all of us reflect on the targeting of innocent civilians in a reign of terror carried out by the Palestinian Authority and other organizations under…

I had thought that we were way beyond that. He sounds like the people pre-1941 and pre-Pearl Harbor who were talking about isolationism, and as a result, the United States entered the war rather late, and we suffered through Pearl Harbor…

I think it has been very, very clear that not only is Yasir Arafat not the solution to stopping terrorism in the Middle East, he is the problem. He is the one that is sanctioning the terror in the Middle East. Three-quarters of the…

I support the bill, I think the bill does what it says, and I appreciate all the hard work the chairman and ranking member have put into this bill. But I am extremely upset about one single provision that only affects New York City and…

Let us remember that the September 11 attacks were not attacks on New York, it was an attack on America, and we as Americans need to help New York City recover its costs directly connected to the World Trade Center attacks. I am a little…

This resolution was being put together prior to the events of September 11, but the events of September 11 have made us realize even more how fortunate we are to have the first responders. First responders obviously did not start on…

I would like to to thank my colleague and fellow New Yorker, Mr. Fossella, for introducing this resolution designating September 11 as Patriot Day. Like December 7, 1941, September 11, 2001 will forever live in infany. Our country has been…