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A Call to Service
Oct 8, 2010
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Every year, many students across the 21st district apply for the opportunity to attend one of our nation’s distinguished military service academies.
It is an honor for me to nominate the outstanding young people who are interested in pursuing their education at one of these academies. I am alway...
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It's Time for Washington to Listen
Sep 22, 2010
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I recently traveled throughout the 21st Congressional district to meet with constituents and hear their concerns and priorities. From the burdens small business owners are facing to the economic anxieties expressed by nearly everyone, there’s one thing my constituents made clear: Washing...
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Obama Is Our 'Me First' Point Guard, Especially On Immigration
Sep 21, 2010
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It is widely known that President Obama is a basketball fan and a player as well. In his role as commander in chief, Obama is sort of like the nation’s point-guard, the guy expected to run the offense and carry out the team’s game plan. But increasingly the president seems less like he’s running th...
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We Can’t Afford to Sideline Small Businesses
Aug 26, 2010
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Earlier this month, I met with members of the small business community to talk with them about their priorities and what Congress can do to support them. These small business owners in the 21st District offered policy solutions that can give relief to small businesses and encourage job creation.
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Obama Administration Sets the Wrong Records
Jul 29, 2010
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After a year and a half in office, President Obama has brought historic change to our nation, but the six records that have been set under his administration are not those hoped for by the American people.
Americans are staying unemployed longer than ever before. The average duration of unemploymen...
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ICYMI: Journalist Comments Reveal Liberal Media Bias
Jul 22, 2010
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Americans are getting a look behind the curtain of the national media—and the view isn’t pretty.
In recent weeks, leaked e-mail messages from an online forum for reporters and commentators called JournoList have revealed some journalists’ true colors.
First, Dave Weigel, a Washington Post repo...
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Don’t Let Tax Cuts Expire
Jul 14, 2010
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When asked last weekend if Democrats in Congress would let tax reductions enacted by President Bush expire at the end of the year, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs suggested Americans “are not going to have their tax cuts extended.
The Obama Administration views the taxpayers’ money as th...
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ICYMI: Why Immigration Enforcement and Secure Borders Are What Will Keep America Safe From Terrorists
Jul 1, 2010
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When naturalized U.S. citizen Faisal Shahzad was arrested for his terror plot to detonate a bomb in Times Square, it exposed more than the ongoing attempts by international terror organizations to attack America and the weaknesses in our intelligence gathering. The arrest of Faisal Shahzad was anoth...
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Speaking Out for America’s Future
May 27, 2010
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The American people are fed up with what’s going on in Washington. And rightfully so. From record deficit spending to the passage of a health care bill most Americans do not want, it doesn’t seem like Washington is listening. There is a serious disconnect between the Congressional Democrats’ ag...
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Policies that put Americans at greater risk
May 14, 2010
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As ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, I had the opportunity to question Attorney General Holder at a hearing this week on Department of Justice’s policies in the war on terror. I outlined several specific policy decisions that concern me.
In the last year three serious terrorist atte...
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