Is this change for the sake of change? We have a perceived antiquated system.

I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act. As it stands now, gas companies in this country do not have to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act-- the law that keeps our tapwater clear, safe, and clean. For…

She is strong, tough, independent, and fearless.

Mass transit is critical to the economic viability of not only New York, but every State in the Country.

I want to ensure that the needs of the States are part of any decisionmaking equation about how to deal with sequestration.

Building pedestrian infrastructure into how we design our streets saves lives.

Super Storm Sandy resulted in a whopping $8 million of physical damage to the region's transportation infrastructure.

To serve as United States Attorney General requires deep experience in the field of law.

I am proud to support Loretta Lynch's nomination to be the next Attorney General of the United States.

I believe she deserves a quick confirmation process.

I am very concerned about ensuring that our military is prepared to address cyber threats to our country.

I rise today to propose three important amendments to S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act. First of all, I want to make it very clear that I strongly oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline plan. I have serious concern about the effects this…

Our country would be stronger with women like LaShann DeArcy Hall serving on the Federal bench.

I urge swift approval of her nomination.

I would like to thank President Obama for acting on my recommendation and nominating another superbly qualified female jurist to the Federal bench.

I wish to speak about the life and extraordinary legacy of former New York State Governor Mario M. Cuomo. Governor Mario Cuomo inspired a generation of Americans to be unafraid of idealism. He was a role model for Americans with big…

This implication is that somehow we can't have both a clean environment and a healthy economy. This is something I strongly disagree with.

I find it especially disturbing that more than 35.6 million children under 18 right here in the United States live in counties that have poor air quality.

At a time when pictures of smog-filled foreign capitals are making front pages around the world, the United States should be taking the lead on the issue of air quality.

I believe it is an urgent public health challenge and we have to take it very seriously.

In the richest and most innovative Country on earth, it is stunning that our air quality is moving back in this direction in the year 2014, and we have to reverse the trend.

The DOD just reported that in 2014 almost the same number of servicemembers--19,000--reported unwanted sexual contact as in 2010. Still, fewer than 3 out of 10 are willing to report. The overall percentage of those who are reporting openly…

I wish to clarify a few things that are very misleading about this debate. First of all, we are not making commanders less responsible. They are the only ones who can prevent retaliation from happening, whether it is by them or lower…

My desire, quite frankly, is to increase the budget however we can.

high-frequency trading poses a dual risk: one, by creating a mechanism for bad actors to manipulate the markets through disruptive practices such as spoofing; and, two, by creating propensity to negatively affect market stability.