Harriet Hageman: “Under the Constitution, Congress has the power to tax and to spend, and within those powers are Congress' responsibility…”

My friends on the other side of the aisle have worked mightily to weaponize our history with slavery to indict our nation as irredeemable.

I hope that by focusing on America’s 250th anniversary – and looking back over that history with honesty and accuracy — we will reverse these declines.

In Gallup’s 25-year patriotism survey, just 17 percent, or less than 1 in 5 American adults, reported that they were ‘very proud’ of being an American.

The system is now becoming very, very stressed because California has not kept up with the infrastructure demands and needs of its citizens.