Turkey is--you know, from its position, strategically, as well as location, is incredibly important for us and for NATO.
I respectully disagree.
I believe it would actually be irresponsible to leave the Department of Homeland Security without a permanent Deputy Secretary.
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 ...
Premiums for family plans are up almost $2,500, according to a Kaiser study, and we can submit that to the record.
I, personally, think education is, by and large, a local issue.
It's amazing how many decades have gone by without that reform.
I support President Obama's ConnectED Initiative to connect 99 percent of students to broadband and high-speed wireless.
Why shouldn't this be, really, a local control and local funding?
The $34 million building, 64,000 square feet, what is just depressing about that is the commanders tried to stop its construction.