Kathleen Rice: “Nobody's suggesting that we are not focused on the mental health of children and adolescents.”

We all agree that we have to put more money into this program across the board.

This tragedy hit home for one of our former colleagues, former Congressman Rick Nolan, who lost his daughter Katherine to lung cancer even though she did not smoke.

Whether due to poor State, local, and Federal coordination, understaffing, or even a lack of political will, the elderly and people of color do not benefit from Federal disaster relief compared to other Americans.

I am very proud of the workforce development efforts already underway at Stony Brook University and Farmingdale State College in my home State of New York.