The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target.

One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster.

I represent Staten Island and Brooklyn, and not just that the financial services industry is important to the U.S., but is disproportionately important to New York City.

The sad fact is that the same terrorist scenarios, if they occurred in five different States, there could be five different sets of responses to the American people. We need, at a minimum, a level of coordination on communicating threats to the public.

Goodbye and good riddance. The IFC will not stand on the hallowed grounds of the World Trade Center site.

First at the outset, let me commend the great men and women of the United States Coast Guard for what they do.