The fact is that America relies on Amtrak to move people.

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

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

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

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.

Transportation spending is a win-win proposition.

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.

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.

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

Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.

The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers.

For your heart to be filled with God’s love is to forgive easily

If this is how you feel about a desert, I can't wait until you see your first real tree. Your mind will explode.

Space is going to be commonplace.

India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country.

Sometimes feeling and thinking are one and the same.

Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

I'm not at all against white people adopting black children, because we're all human beings who need to give love and be nurtured in safety, but I do think it's better to be adopted by blacks.

Revenge never does anyone any good. Killing the person you hate will never ease the pain. Always look forward! Follow the path of light!