2 weeks from tomorrow Olympic athletes from all over this world will parade into the stadium in London to officially launch the 2012 Olympics. I am so proud to say that five of them will be western New Yorkers that we represent in upstate…

After a week of traveling my district from Lancaster to Warsaw in upstate New York, I heard one consistent message. Our constituents, particularly the middle class, want to know their economic situation. They want to know, they're asking…

Last October, I stood here and spoke out against the new free trade agreements that would have continued to add to the damage done to the manufacturers in my district that was done by NAFTA a decade ago. I mentioned a woman I had met at…

Did any of you wake up to a nice bowl of cereal or an instant breakfast drink, like I did? Did you give any thought to the effort that went into bringing that fresh, wholesome milk to your table? Well, I sure do. Just this past week, I was…

Imagine you got up every day of your adult life working for the same company, helping build the American auto industry. You worked hard, but you're proud because you're part of something bigger than just collecting a paycheck--you're part…

As we recall the brave heroes of the D-day invasion 68 years ago today, I thought of the new American heroes who are fighting for us on the front lines of Afghanistan, a place I left a few weeks ago, and the 36 hours I spent in the war…

As we begin voting on the National Defense Authorization Act later today, I want to remind people that, earlier this year, the Air Force proposed cutting 5,100 Air National Guard positions from our military. Part of this plan eliminates…

You had to look at their faces and right into their eyes to see the worry that these young people had. Just yesterday, I convened a roundtable of students at Daemen College in my district and we talked about the biggest concern on their…

I want to make sure that our taxpayer dollars are being spent wisely; that if you have already put money in here since 2005, why not continue, instead of pulling out one of the two operations and, you know, just ceasing that?

From Buffalo to Rochester, New York, people in my district want to get back to work. They just need the opportunity. That's why during budget hearings yesterday with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, I posed…

Just a minute ago we heard our chaplain beseech us to be open to the hearts and minds of the people we represent. That is exactly why, today, we need to pass the STOCK Act to stop insider trading on congressional knowledge. This has waited…

Three years ago this week, an unspeakable tragedy occurred when a plane full of people, those who were dearly loved by their families, crashed through a home in Clarence Center, in my district. The cause was pilot fatigue and inexperience…