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  • An Electronic Pearl Harbor
    Aug 6, 2010  - In 2007, an unknown foreign power broke into the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Department of Commerce, and it likely also broke into the Department of Energy and NASA, although it cannot be known for sure. The foreign power stole millions of pieces of government information... More
  • American Response
    Jul 30, 2010  - About 20 years ago, two scholars named William Samuelson and Richard Zeckhauser did a study on how individuals make decisions. What they found is that individuals disproportionately stick with the status quo, or what they have always done. They coined this observation the "status quo bias." And if w... More
  • America's Choice
    Jul 16, 2010  - Consider the following four events that have occurred over the past year: 1. On a single day – June 30, 2010 – our nation’s debt leapt $166 billion. On that one day, the debt increase was larger than the entire annual deficit for fiscal year 2007. To put that into perspective, that single day res... More
  • The Rudder Effect
    Jun 25, 2010  - Ships are large. And while it is true that their course is often impacted by gale force winds and ocean waves, the real entity driving the direction of the ship is actually much smaller in scale. The rudder, attached to the end of the ship and steered by the pilot, is only a small percentage of the ... More
  • Traveling Days
    Jun 11, 2010  - During this time of year, when families are traveling and students are studying abroad, my office regularly receives calls to help constituents who are traveling abroad. Often, this involves assisting individuals with obtaining a passport. But we also get calls from those who are out of the country ... More
  • The Last Full Measure of Devotion
    May 28, 2010  - “…that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain…” President Abraham Lincoln spoke those words during his Gettysburg Address as he led our nation ... More
  • The VAT Trap
    May 24, 2010  - If you drive a car, I'll tax the street; If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat; If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat; If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.   Unfortunately, most Americans can relate all too closely with these words from the classic Beatles song “Taxman.” Taxes are levied... More
  • Defend America
    May 14, 2010  - Every year, the House Armed Services Committee, on which I serve as Ranking Member of the Readiness Subcommittee, considers one large authorization bill that sets the course for the Department of Defense. It is a critical piece of legislation that sets our country in motion on a specific national se... More
  • The Second Best Time
    May 7, 2010  - Every once and a while the smallest memories stick in your mind.  They drift to the recesses of our consciousness and then, randomly, a seemingly unrelated occurrence triggers their return to our memory.  Such it has been over the past week as I have recalled that homemade sign in front of an old co... More
  • The National Day of Prayer
    Apr 27, 2010  - Just over a week ago, a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that a current law recognizing a National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. In response to the ruling, I joined 30 Members of Congress and spokespersons from faith organizations representing millions of people across the country last Wednesd... More

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