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  • With Thanks on Veterans Day
    Nov 11, 2010  - “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her symp... More
  • Voters Beware
    Oct 29, 2010  - Every ten years, following the decennial census, congressional districts all across the country are reapportioned to reflect changes in population that have occurred. For instance, as you may know, Florida is expected to gain two new seats in Congress because of the large number of people who have m... More
  • Democrats' Lame Duck Session?... That's Just Lame
    Oct 21, 2010  - It is often said that people should not be afraid of their government, the government should be afraid of the people.  That was the underlying principle of the form of representative democracy that the founders created.  The legislature was designed to be immediately responsive to the peop... More
  • "And the Blows Just Keep on Coming"
    Oct 16, 2010  - And the blows just keep on coming. This week the Social Security Administration announced that for the second year in a row there will be no cost-of- living adjustment (COLA).  Florida’s 5th Congressional District is home to over 250,000 recipients of Social Security and I have made it my priority... More
  • Democrats Say, "No Budget, No Problem"
    Oct 8, 2010  - I probably don’t need to tell you that the national debt is at historic levels.  I probably don’t need to tell you that based on current policy, we are looking at record deficits every year for as far as... More
  • ObamaCare Continues to Deliver Broken Promises
    Oct 1, 2010  - This has been a tough week for hundreds of thousands of Americans who learned, thanks to ObamaCare, their health insurance company will no longer offer their current healthcare plan. In Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine more than 22,000 seniors who participate in Harvard Pilgrim’s Me... More
  • "The Tax Increases Will Continue Until Morale Improves"
    Sep 27, 2010  - These days, I don’t even know where to begin anymore.  Every time they turn around, small business owners are facing a different threat from the government.  President Obama claimed that his healthcare bill would not hurt small businesses.  He even tried to sell people on the idea tha... More
  • Surprise! ObamaCare Costs Skyrocket
    Sep 20, 2010  - ObamaCare isn’t just a speech delivered by President Obama anymore, it is the law.  Many of us were criticized for not accepting the President’s impossible claims on blind faith.  Perhaps we’ll be criticized again for being right. More expensive health insurance for all was my fear... More
  • Special Edition: Remembering 9-11-01
    Sep 11, 2010  - Nine years ago today, children were in school, I was in my office in Tallahassee, and you probably were going through the motions of your typical Tuesday morning.  Then, our world was suddenly and violently shaken. Like almost every other American, I spent most of September 11, 2001 cal... More
  • On the Hill, Off the Cuff: Deja Vu All Over Again...Again
    Sep 10, 2010  - In this very column a few weeks ago, I said that the Democrats can’t come up with a plan for anything that doesn’t involve spending tens of billions of dollars.  I tried to articulate exactly why I think that tendency is so dangerous for this country.  Apparently, President Obama doesn’t r... More