I became a co-chair of the Congressional Study Group from Germany several years ago with the expressed purpose of helping increase aid to Holocaust survivors.
Germany can make a major difference in the lives of so many Holocaust survivors who are struggling in their later years.
This is not a political issue. I know Florida's leadership has talked about a real commitment to helping our veterans. Now it's time for them to show it.
We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.
It was sanctions that drove Iran to the negotiating table in the first place.
Individuals can stand up against genocide in Darfur and Iran's quest for nuclear weapons.
The Democracy is for People Amendment will stop corporations and their front groups from using their profits and dark money donations to influence our elections while reaffirming the right of the American people to elections that are fair and representatives that are accountable.
I have been talking to a lot of people who don't normally vote Democratic - independents and Republicans. They have been voting for Democrats because they think it's important to change the direction America is going.
Denying our courts the ability to hear oil-related cases of great consequence to our environment and our economy is completely the wrong direction to protect the rights of Floridians.
Congress has no business telling courts within a state that they are prohibited from considering issues involving a lease for energy development, production, and exploration that has the potential to cause irreparable environmental and economic damage to the Gulf Coast area of that state.
As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
We know that for children, hunger is especially devastating.
While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
No one disputes Iran's destabilizing influence in the Middle East or role in killing Americans.
Right now, there is no way that the federal government can prevent someone who's on the terror watch list from buying a gun - none.
This isn't about grabbing people's guns; this isn't about changing the Second Amendment. This simply says that someone who is on the terrorist watch list - a dangerous terrorist - should not be able to purchase a gun.
In order to survive in a dangerous neighborhood, Israel has always needed to be more than tough. The country has always needed to be smart.
