In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.

Meanwhile, hard-working Americans are increasingly faced with workplace conditions in which critically important safeguards are watered down, emerging problems are ignored, and enforcement is scaled back.

We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.

Amtrak offers riders a cost-effective way to travel throughout the country.

We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.

We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care.

In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island.