Charles Q. Brown: “It is not just that Big Government can't come in and say that we are going to do it this way.”

By taking these courageous steps and others, we will be better prepared to meet one of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century.

We must accelerate change or lose.

I urge Congress to pass H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, recently introduced by Chairman Jared Huffman.

A shortage of affordable housing is not just a housing problem. It is an education problem. It is a health care problem. It is an economic growth problem.