Press Releases
Press Release
May 5, 2012
"'As an artist, Adam Yauch changed the course of music; as a humanitarian, he changed lives. He was a creative genius who used his powerful platform and celebrity to address the cause of human rights for the people of Tibet. Adam Yauch was devotee of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and an agent of change."
Press Release
May 4, 2012
“In recent weeks, House Republicans have refused to bring up the bipartisan Senate transportation bill that creates or saves more than 2 million jobs and rebuilds our roads, bridges, highways and railways. Instead, they have spent their time passing a budget that ends the Medicare guarantee while giving massive tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans, Big Oil, and companies that ship jobs overseas."
Press Release
May 4, 2012
“In the coming days, it is essential that the United States government take the appropriate steps to ensure that these understandings are properly implemented and that Mr. Chen and his family are safe.”
Press Release
May 1, 2012
"'Jewish Americans have made their mark across our society and economy - in music and medicine, in science and scholarship, in innovation, business, and government, in arts, academia, and athletics. And the Jewish community continues to enhance our nation's strength by upholding core values: to pursue peace, to perfect our union, to give back to the less fortunate, to repair the world."
Press Release
May 1, 2012
"Without a vote or any specific authorization of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG), Speaker Boehner is intervening in yet another case regarding the constitutionality not only of Section 3 of DOMA, but also the provisions of Title 38 that cover military and veterans' benefits."
Press Release
May 1, 2012
"The signing of the U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement advances President Obama's efforts to return the responsibility for Afghan security to the Afghan people. Many of us in Congress have been steadfast in expressing our opposition to an extended military presence in Afghanistan; this agreement moves us toward the day when all U.S. troops have been brought safely home."
Press Release
May 1, 2012
"The reports that Chen Guangcheng has escaped detention are a welcome development. It is my hope that the Chinese government will address his legitimate requests and that he and his family will be safe and soon have the freedom and liberty that they so rightly deserve."
Press Release
May 1, 2012
"In recent months, I participated with great pride in ceremonies in Washington and in San Francisco to award the Congressional Gold Medal - the highest award Congress can bestow - to the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service. The cause of these brave patriots was not just the end of fascism, but the end of discrimination: they fought on behalf of the American ideal of equality, which is our heritage and our hope."
Press Release
April 30, 2012
"We have a shared responsibility to answer that call, stemming from our belief in shared values. The freedom to assemble peacefully and demand basic human rights. The freedom to practice your faith. The freedom to live in security in your homeland. These values - like the challenge of Tibet - are not limited by borders and are not limited to any one country or parliament."
Press Release
April 27, 2012
“What we're talking about today directly relates to what keeps people up at night. Their economic security, the education of their children, the health of their families, the list goes on. Some of those are addressed in this legislation. I think we all agree, the greatest thing the country can do, and that a family can do, is to invest in the education of the next generation. The education of our children. Imagine if we're sitting around that kitchen table, as a family, as we are, and we say as a family ‘in order for your to go to college, we're not going to be able to immunize your little brother or sister, we're not going to be able to have preventative care, in terms of screening for breast cancer, cervical cancer, the list goes on and on, for your mom, or any other preventative care for men and women, in our family. That just would be wrong. As a nation, is that a statement of our values? That you must choose between the education of your children and the health of your family? It's just not right. Especially, when you have a situation where we had this fight over and over again."