Turkey is--you know, from its position, strategically, as well as location, is incredibly important for us and for NATO.

the problem--the reaction is a limitation of minority rights.

I believe it would actually be irresponsible to leave the Department of Homeland Security without a permanent Deputy Secretary.

I respectully disagree.

This type of open forum where Members ask questions and the nominee is given the opportunity to respond should be encouraged, not stifled.

President Obama repeatedly promised that if we passed the health care law, the average cost of a family plan would decline by $2,500 a year by the end of his first term.

Premiums for family plans are up almost $2,500, according to a Kaiser study, and we can submit that to the record.

I support President Obama's ConnectED Initiative to connect 99 percent of students to broadband and high-speed wireless.

It's amazing how many decades have gone by without that reform.

I, personally, think education is, by and large, a local issue.

Why shouldn't this be, really, a local control and local funding?