Those whose lives were lost on September 11 will remain in our thoughts and prayers forever.

We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo.

One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster.

Those whose lives were lost on September 11 will remain in our thoughts and prayers forever.

And finally, let me just say it is a fact that not every city can dedicate resources to terrorism.

I think the Bush tax cuts should be made permanent.

In New York alone, there was an average of more than 300 campus fires per year between 1997 and 2000, with roughly 160 of them annually in dormitories.