During my 6 years in office there was one local issue that rankled my constituents more than any other.

It was their dedication to help supply energy sources to the eastern part of Tennessee to be able to help build military planes for World War II.

Thank you for the opportunity to share with you my thoughts on the importance of Congressman Meadows's legislation.

This settlement will bring much-needed resources to Swain County for decades to come.

The Federal Government's broken promise dating back to the '1943 Agreement' between Swain County, the U.S. Department of Interior, the State of North Carolina, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Thank you for the opportunity for me to share my thoughts on the importance of Congressman Meadows' legislation, H.R. 3806.

I believe firmly that E-Verify must play an important role in helping to fix our immigration system.

Expanding E-Verify--even as part of a broader immigration reform effort--without ensuring that proper safeguards are in place, is just one more way in which E-Verify would not benefit American workers.

In 2008, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation concluded that mandatory E-Verify in Rep. Heath Shuler's SAVE Act would decrease federal revenues by $17.3 billion over a 10-year period.

Expanding E-Verify without more would also cost the government significant tax revenues.

The end result would be lost tax revenues and depressed wages and working conditions for all workers, including U.S. workers.