George Lemieux: “I think it's un-American, and I know you share my views.”

We need modern and enforceable immigration policies that afford an opportunity for us to retain the best and brightest minds who come here seeking higher learning.

We also need the kind of flexibility in our regulatory framework that recognizes that government should foster, rather than stifle, the entrepreneurial spirit.

There is significant concern of an arms race in the Middle East with countries like Saudi Arabia and others who wanted weapons.

Just as oil and water do not mix, neither do tar balls and tourism.