We need America there for Long Island now.

So if you are a successful business, your lowest interest rate from SBA is six percent.

Let me ask Mr. King, what have you set up for New York?

When we talk about what are the biggest needs in any State right now, it is the economy, and small businesses are the economic engine for growth.

I have learned it apparently was a real problem for New Jersey specifically.

It is essential that we understand how to meet the needs of these business owners.

It is our job to protect people. It is our job to help communities rebuild when there are natural disasters that local governments just cannot afford to be able to pay for on their own.

New York has never suffered on this level because of a natural disaster ever.

The initial estimates are that just fixing our mass transit system could cost about $5 billion.

The reason why these hearings matter is because the rest of Congress... has not seen the devastation in these communities.

I really appreciated when you said that you would stand by us in the way that New York stood by you during that difficult time.

I want to ask you on behalf of New Yorkers to please meet the needs of our ability to rebuild.

I can't tell you how much your words of support have meant to Senator Schumer and I and all of our colleagues who've been affected by Super Storm Sandy.

I thank my colleagues for their statements of support for meeting the needs of the children who do suffer from autism and other developmental disorders, and I do appreciate and believe their sincerity in wanting to make sure they are…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following: SEC. 704…

I urge my colleagues to take a more lengthy time to consider how to reform TRICARE and pay for this program than just 1 or 2 hours. I would like to pass this amendment now. Right now operations and maintenance has $174 billion a year in…

I rise today on behalf of the 30,000 military families who have loved ones with disabilities, including those on the autism spectrum. Sadly, thousands of these Americans suffering from autism and other developmental disabilities are not…

I call up amendment No. 3058, as modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mrs. Gillibrand], for herself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Kerry…

I request my amendment be called up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mrs. Gillibrand], for herself, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Snowe, proposes an amendment…

I rise to talk about an amendment that I believe is on an incredibly urgent matter. Today the vast majority, almost all of our servicemembers, serve this country so honorably, so bravely. But there is a very small number who do not, who…

I rise to speak on behalf of the approximately 20,000 military families with loved ones on the autism spectrum. Sadly, thousands of these Americans suffering from autism are not receiving the treatments that are the best practices that…

I can't tell you how important it is for the Congress to understand the depth and breadth of this storm and what impact it has actually had.

I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide for the processing for administrative separation from the…

I would like to say Senator Collins and Senator Snowe are cosponsors of this amendment.

I stand here today with my colleagues to observe 1 minute of silence on the first day of session since the passage of the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympic terrorist attack that killed 11 athletes and coaches from the Israeli…