Zitat des Tages von Elizabeth Esty:
E-cigarette companies are using shameful tactics, such as Joe Camel-like cartoons in advertisements and creating e-cigarette flavors like bubblegum and cotton candy, to addict our children early - and guarantee another generation of smokers.
We need to develop clean, affordable, and reliable energy sources, and frankly, we need to license that technology to the rest of the world.
Those who know me would say I'm a passionate and hard-working mom and a community leader who knows how to get things done.
We need to stop trying to restrict access to lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, and well-woman exams.
My brother had the courage to come out in 1978, when equality was still a distant dream.
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.
If you don't like public service, don't run for office.
Veterans Day is an acknowledgment that those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for our country - and their families - deserve our admiration and respect today and every day.
We need to ensure that no one is denied employment, housing, opportunities, or benefits because of their sexual orientation.
The real issue is, are you available to the folks you represent? And I am.
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.
I hear over and over again from local leaders and business owners that one of the best ways we can revitalize our cities and towns is to support brownfields cleanup efforts.
We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women's rights.
I was a co-sponsor of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
Hillary Clinton has spent those decades before her time in public office and since her time in public office advocating for common sense measures to fight gun violence.
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.
It would be really easy to get discouraged over gun safety, and I have to explain all the time why I am not giving up and why people should not give up.
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.
Although we can never fully repay our veterans, on Veterans Day we thank our veterans for their selflessness and commit to do what we can to improve the quality of life for our veterans and military families in communities across America.
Gun violence is a plague in all of our communities, and we must come together to stop it.
I liked New England.
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.
Connecticut has a proud tradition of manufacturing going back to the days of Eli Whitney.
We have to look at loan forgiveness to incentivise young people to pursue degrees in areas where we know we need help.
We should not be waiting until trains derail, bridges collapse and people die to adequately fund our transportation infrastructure.
I just thought Harvard sounded great. So let's see if I get in. I didn't really have a big back-up plan.
My job is to be a problem-solver.
You are who you are, and in politics, if you stay who you are, you do better.
We need faith leaders like Eman Beshtawii.
We need a comprehensive strategy that includes expanding criminal background checks for all commercial gun sales, dedicated federal law to combat gun trafficking, and a strong commitment to mental health services.
We just have to do better as a country on incorporating the best technology to allow us to get where we want to get quickly and safely.
Brownfields cleanups have been treated like capital investments in the tax laws, and they really are repairs and should be taxed as such.
Manufacturing is the backbone of Connecticut's economy, and suppliers such as Click Bond depend on partnerships with U.S.-based manufacturers that export many of their products with Ex-Im's backing.
In my lifetime, I have seen how greater liberty, greater justice, and greater respect ultimately does prevail, but it prevails only when people are willing to fight for it and willing to lose for it.
This historically has been an issue that both parties have run away from. For the first time, Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party in its platform are making this issue, about needing to do better as a country to take common sense steps to help prevent gun violence.
Our country has been the leading provider of humanitarian aid for refugees.