I will fight with determination against any and all attempts by the Federal Government to undermine the power of the states to protect employees within our borders and forced union affiliation.

This is an issue of precedence and State's rights. This is about the people I represent, who respect the right to organize and respect the right to decline.

What I hear in Nebraska from rate payers is they are already appalled by the charges that they have on their phone bills.

I think we need to take a look at considering a cap and a co-pay for this program.

The Universal Service Fund right now has revenue that is limited, and it is divided up between programs.

I believe that current regulations that we have in place seem to be doing the job.

58 percent of those comments, the substantive comments that were made, were opposed to the rule.

I think many of us are concerned about the overreach that we see here.

I believe in a more limited federal government, and I believe that a balance is necessary.

the time for intelligent action, learning from the past, doing it right, doing it with long-term vision, and doing it in a way that is reliable for public-private partnerships to come about to invest in infrastructure, is well past time.

The time for action is now.

DHS was created in large part to be the Nation's first line of defense against domestic terror attacks, and obviously nuclear weapons are our greatest threat.

I think that Senator Booker asked a lot of great questions about the relative threats between Northern and Southern Border.

American agricultural trade is a tremendous story.

What would give you comfort----

I think you also have to look at the regulations that are currently out there, one dealing with medical devices.

But, shouldn't it be policy that's driving decisions that are made, and not looking at the limits that we may or may not be facing with resources?

The subcommittee meets today for its annual posture hearing on military cyber programs.