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“Protecting and preserving the Long Island Sound, our 'National Park,' and its shellfishing heritage, is a top priority and a shared responsibility.”
“The people are sick and tired of finger-pointing and petty partisan politics.”
“We cannot defeat the deadly coronavirus, rebuild our economy, achieve social justice and repair our planet without choosing people over politics.”
“We all know what politics has become, let's think about what it could be.”
“Advocating and participating in our democracy is how we keep America strong and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.”
“We need to get back to the basics of talking about the American Dream, where hard work is rewarded with wages sufficient to guarantee a home, health insurance, children's education, and retirement security.”
“Businesses' have a huge stake in immigration reform.”
“We were able to reach a number of agreements with them in 2019 and 2020 to reduce noise; things got somewhat better after I left office at the end of 2022, but apparently, the FAA disregarded our agreements, and the situation has gotten worse.”
“I have a 100 percent rating from the Human Rights Campaign.”
“The United States must stand up for its values and make it clear that we will not be complicit in the internment and forced labor of Uyghur Muslims.”
“My father came here from Italy as a young boy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in WWII, and went to Harvard Law School on the GI bill.”
“Our foreign adversaries tried to divide us and stop us from supporting Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.”
“The original asylum process was created during the 'cold war.' In the United States Refugee Act of 1980 America was happy to provide a safe haven to 'individuals fleeing persecution in the Soviet Union, Cuba, and other communist and authoritarian regimes.”
“We need to do more to respond to the real needs of our young people and to those who are most in need.”
“My playbook is to try to meet the people where they are.”
“The U.S. faces an immigration crisis because too many politicians have spent too many years 'weaponizing' immigration policy-fighting across the aisle - but haven't done a thing to fix it.”
“Few jobs entail the risk to personal safety faced daily by our officers.”
“While longer life expectancies have been a wonderful blessing for many families, including my own, they have also led to much greater elder care costs.”
“The callousness displayed by the FAA towards N90 employees who live and work in my congressional district demands further attention, and I remain resolute that Congress must explore all possible avenues to prevent these good union jobs from being outsourced to other states.”
“We cannot afford to raise residents' taxes in order to increase the already excessive pay and benefits of police officers.”