This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.

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.

It seems to me morally a decent society will try to take some of the increased benefit and use that to alleviate the pain of the few who are bearing the cost that made it possible.

There are always, of course, job losses of a cyclical nature in a recession.

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.

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.