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.

A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation systems.

Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either.

The Long Island Sound is an environmentally unique estuary that needs to be protected.

Real economic stimulus comes from real investment.

Transportation spending is a win-win proposition.

Hopefully, Serbia's political leaders will not only recognize the seriousness which we attach to this case but also understand that it is in Serbia's interest to let justice work to sever the ties with the Milosevic past that have held the country back from a Europe where it otherwise belongs.