I stand before you today under the dome of our Nation's Capitol to applaud the final repeal of the discriminatory policy known as Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The men and women who fight for our country as members of our Armed Forces fight for…

This case exemplifies how even the appearance of impropriety can undermine public confidence in vital institutions like the SEC.

In order to fairly address this important issue and restore the public's confidence in the SEC, we welcome a thorough discussion of these matters.

On January 21, 1990, over 300,000 Ukrainians joined hands to create a 300-mile human chain from Kiev to Lviv in a show of unity and support for Ukrainian independence. One year later, on August 24, 1991, Ukraine rose from under its Soviet…

Job creation must be the number one priority of Congress.

I think the President had it right in the State of the Union Address when he talked about regulation and finding a middle ground.

What I have learned from about States' rights is that people are for them if they agree with the issue.

Where do we draw the line?

``I fear that in every assembly, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By contracted hearts, not large souls.'' Mr. Speaker, John Adams wrote those words to his wife over 200 years ago, but the…

``Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history,'' said Lincoln in an address to Congress in 1862. ``We of this Congress and this administration, we will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare…

Without better, more transparent data, we are flying blind.

Yet we waste billions of dollars each year maintaining properties we no longer need.