Garret Graves: “It doesn't make sense and it is contrary to what this committee has been doing.”

Closed primaries, he said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

Madam Speaker, today and every day the brave men and women of the United States Coast Guard carry out a critical mission: securing our borders, patrolling our waters, and saving American lives. As vice chair of the Coast Guard and Maritime…

The Federal Government used to just throw billions and billions of dollars in the aftermath of a disaster and didn't pay appropriate attention, in my opinion, on the front end of what we can do to actually avert disasters.