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  • Federal News Radio Column: Cyber inaction may be our Achilles' heel
    Oct 24, 2012  - By Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) Special to Federal News Radio Original column can be found here. The nature of national security challenges is constantly changing. Over the centuries, our weapons have become more advanced, the strategies we use more complex and the battlefields on which we fight mo... More
  • The Hill: Failure to act on cybersecurity puts nation at risk
    Aug 3, 2012  - At a time when the House, Senate, and White House have been unable to come to agreement on a host of issues, the bipartisan consensus on the need to act on cybersecurity has offered some hope for action. The inability of the Senate to proceed to debate the various proposals is thus particularly disa... More
  • COLUMN: The looming tax and regulatory threat
    Jul 31, 2012  - The American people have always been resilient, especially during tough economic times. Our nation’s small business owners always find new and innovative ways to create and grow our private sector. The products and services they produce and the jobs they create are what drive our economy to prosper ... More
  • POLITICO: Sequester's dire effect on our security
    Jul 27, 2012  - This article first appeared in Politico on 7/26/12 There are a variety of opinions about the appropriate level of defense spending in the years ahead. Regardless of those differences, however, anyone who has examined the consequences of sequestration should agree that it would do severe damage to ou... More
  • Stable supply will reduce pinch on wallets
    Apr 9, 2012  - One issue that affects nearly everyone in our area and across the country is gas prices. There is no doubt that high energy prices have placed a real burden on many Americans. And, from small business owners to parents who drive carpool, chances are that the cost of gas is hitting your wallet hard. ... More
  • Protecting our rural way of life
    Feb 11, 2012  - By Mac Thornberry (R - Clarendon) Growing up on a family ranch in the Texas Panhandle meant that my brothers and I were expected to help out as best we could. Our father and grandfather worked long hours six days a week, yet there was never enough time to get everything done. From the time we could ... More
  • ROLL CALL: Thornberry--The Best Defense Starts with a Good Offense
    Nov 21, 2011  - By Rep. Mac Thornberry Special to Roll Call Nov. 21, 2011, Midnight No one has a crystal ball that can tell us what will happen in the future, especially with national security. But we can predict one thing based on past experience: There will be change and turbulence in the world. America needs to ... More
  • WALL STREET JOURNAL: The Budget Sequester's Silver Lining
    Nov 18, 2011  - The Budget Sequester's Silver Lining By PHIL GRAMM AND MIKE SOLON Uniting a divided Congress around a major deficit-reduction plan was never going to be easy, but it is virtually impossible when the incumbent president campaigns instead of governs and seeks to divide the nation based on how much mon... More
  • Always Use Caution in Cyberspace
    Nov 12, 2011  - Every day most of us take common-sense precautions about our personal safety and valuables. We lock our doors; we keep our cash in a safe place; we do not give out our bank account or Social Security numbers to anyone we do not trust. Yet, too many of us do not take such precautions in one of the mo... More
  • A Step in the Right Direction
    Aug 12, 2011  - A Step in the Right Direction By: Rep. Mac Thornberry (R - Clarendon) The long debt limit debate provoked a lot of comments about how dysfunctional our federal government is and how increasingly partisan Washington has become. There is a lot of truth in such criticisms. It does seem harder and harde... More


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