I was outraged by the news earlier this week that the coordinator of the Army's program to prevent sexual assault at Fort Hood in Texas is under investigation for abusive sexual contact. This follows last week's revelation that the officer tasked with preventing sexual assault in...

On Sunday, it was an honor and privilege to stand alongside Rep. John Lewis and so many other civil rights heroes as we marched over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. It was only 48 years ago that Rep. Lewis led this march as a civil rights leader and...

From Tucson, to Aurora, to Oak Creek, Wisc., to Sandy Hook Elementary School, there seems to be a never ending series of mass tragedies at the hands of madmen with guns.

But as New Yorkers know all too well, while these shootings may get the bulk of the news...

As I've traveled throughout New York, one of the concerns I hear most from my constituents is a deep frustration with those in Congress. They feel that Washington is broken and unable to do the job we were elected to do. If voters sent one message on Election Day, it...

This week saw a historic election for women, both on the ballot and at the ballot box. Women knew what was at stake and showed up at the polls in 2008-level numbers, making up 53 percent of the electorate. Not only were women decisive in reelecting President Obama to...

Over the past two years, I've traveled throughout New York meeting with farmers and anti-hunger advocates to develop our priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill. Based on these conversations, I fought for and won several provisions in the bill such as improved crop insurance for fruit and vegetable farmers, rural...

This Memorial Day, as we pay tribute to all the brave heroes we have lost fighting for our country, we must also remember the debt we owe to those veterans who return home.

One of the greatest challenges our returning vets face is finding employment here at home. While too...

As we all know, there is no harder, or more rewarding job, than being a Mom. But for so many mothers who work outside of the home, it's made even harder by the lack of equal pay for women in our country.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau,...

I was disheartened to hear Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin recently signed a law that repealed Wisconsin's Fair Pay Act. This commonsense piece of legislation, like the Lilly Ledbetter Act signed into law by President Obama in 2009, was designed to make it easier for victims...

Today, I'm extremely pleased that President Obama has signed the STOCK Act into law to make it expressly illegal for members of Congress, their families and staff to trade on non-public information for their own financial gain. This is an important law that ensures members of Congress play by the...

"In the 19th Century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th Century, it was the battle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world." - Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn in Half The Sky

In recent weeks, I've said repeatedly that I was dumb-founded that in 2012 we are actually debating whether women should have access to contraception. I had no idea I'd be even more dumb-founded today, when, instead of coming together to fix our economy and strengthen the middle class, the Senate...

Like millions of Americans all across the country, I was surprised to learn late last year that insider trading by members of Congress, their families or their staff, using non-public information gained through their Congressional work, is not already clearly and expressly illegal.

The American people deserve to know that...

Last year, as a result of the 2010 midterm elections, the 112th Congress became the first in a generation to start out with fewer women in its ranks than the Congress before it. After decades of slow incremental growth in the number of women serving in Congress, last year we...

As we celebrate Veteran's Day today, I hope that all Americans will take a moment to reflect on the brave sacrifices our veterans have made to protect our country. The brave men and women who have served -- and those who continue to serve -- our armed forces have selflessly...

In the past year, we have made so much progress toward LGBT equality. My home state of New York passed marriage equality, "Don't Ask Don't Tell" has ended, and DOMA is under unprecedented assault in the U.S. Senate and in the courts. The momentum is there to build on our...

I've been lucky to know Gabby Giffords for almost 5 years now. We entered Congress at the same time in 2007 and we became fast friends. I saw in her an intelligence, an empathy and a fire that I always admired and still do. Her dedication to public service is...

Like all Americans, I will never forget where I was the morning of the 9/11 attacks. I was traveling with my husband when I received the call from my mother that would change my life. I was living in New York City at the time, so when I heard the...

It was 91 years ago today that women finally won the right to vote with the enactment of the 19th amendment, which states, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of...

For most parents, a trip to the pharmacy shopping for baby products is a routine experience. And while we make choices on which products to buy for any number of reasons, we would never imagine any one of these products could be unsafe. We have faith that baby products are...