We need to consistently play our role as a moral leader in the world.

It's important for our state to expand manufacturing jobs.

Connecticut has a proud tradition of manufacturing going back to the days of Eli Whitney.

The real issue is, are you available to the folks you represent? And I am.

I'm out and around all the time.

I liked New England.

If elected members of any body - whether it's a state house or Congress - were not willing to take career-ending or at least election-losing votes, I would not have the right to vote today.

The Healthy Homes Tax Credit Act will help ensure that all families, regardless of their income, can protect their children from the lifelong health impacts of lead poisoning.

We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino by fear - and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other.

The TECH Careers Act will open the door for more Americans to have successful middle-class careers and help small businesses in Connecticut and across the country access a qualified pool of talented workers.

Lead levels exceeding federal thresholds pose a serious public health threat, particularly for more vulnerable populations.

The lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook are unparalleled natural treasures with some of the highest water quality in Connecticut.

There are things that matter more than your election. That may take difficult votes, may take career-ending votes for people, but if we aren't willing to do that, then we're not going to move forward.

We know that, relative to GPS, radar is not as accurate - we'd be seeing our planes' precise positions in 3-D, not just approximate locations every eight seconds.

We have an epidemic of gun violence in America, and in trying to understand how that has happened, part of what we need to do is help equip our children to respond not with fear but with kindness. This has to be the way we go forward.

There's no reason to continue including language in the federal spending bill to prohibit the CDC and NIH from studying the causes or effects of gun violence on public health.

Our country has been the leading provider of humanitarian aid for refugees.

There's more GPS in the phone in your pocket than on most of our 21st century airliners - that's frightening.

We have a wonderful district with lots of fun little stores and companies and farms.

Devices that allow people to shoot up to 100 rounds of ammunition at one time have no place in our schools, no place in our parks, no place on our streets, no place in our communities, and no place in this country.

I just thought Harvard sounded great. So let's see if I get in. I didn't really have a big back-up plan.

We need to not reduce but increase our commitment to research.

For me to do my job effectively, we need to continue to earn public confidence. That involves transparency and accountability.

There is no possible justification or excuse for marketing dangerous weapons to children as if they were toys.