Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.
When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.
We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.
We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.
The world changed on September 11, 2001.
Our seniors have worked long and hard to better the economy, raise families and serve their communities. They deserve to live independent and active lives in their golden years.
All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.
America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.
American workers are first rate.
As a world leader, America must be prepared to confront any challenge.
As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up.
Connecticut's first responders and defense workers work every day to help us achieve these goals.
Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.
It's time to renew our commitment to the world around us.
Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.