Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike.

Rest assured that my support for any eventual reform package will be based firmly upon what is in the best interests of the people of Upstate New York, not any party or president.

Everyone agrees that our ultimate goal is to establish a free, open and democratic Iraqi government and bring our men and women in uniform home as soon as possible.

I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.

Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike.

And yet 50 percent of the kids who start high school in the United States today do not finish high school.

Looking long term, a stronger, wealthier, and more stable Central America next door benefits the United States' own safety, security, and economy.