Pat Ryan: “I thought this was a very insightful hearing, and I hope that we can move in a bipartisan way.”

This is a pattern. If we zoom out across all these nominees, you have Matt Gaetz, you have now Hegseth, you have the president-elect himself and a whole host of others with long standing patterns of disrespect for women.

I thank my colleague from Florida for the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of my Hudson Valley community to honor the memories of the community members we lost on October 7 and to plead and to demand the safe return of all of the Hudson…

There are American troops in harms way, right now. Of course, this is about Hegseth, but it's really about our men and women in uniform who are willing to put their life on the line. They deserve better than this.

The 17/I-86 upgrade is critical for continued economic and community development in Orange County, the Hudson Valley, and lower NYS.