One year ago, conservatives everywhere received the shocking news that Andrew Breitbart had passed away. He was only 43 years old. I am proud to have been able to work with him and call him a friend. Andrew and I
I commend the effort by Senators Graham and Inhofe to get answers from the White House about Benghazi before a confirmation vote is held for John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Beyond mishandling Benghazi, additional items in
My tears are flowing, and I am stunned and angered that Gabby Giffords was savagely gunned down while performing her congressional duties. I am praying for Gabby, and my thoughts, prayers, and deepest sympathy go out to her family, as
I urge my colleagues to consider what the Claims Settlement Act truly presents before voting on the bill this week. This legislation includes over a billion dollars to settle the Pigford II discrimination claims with black farmers. Unfortunately, Pigford is
Too many elected officials are far too comfortable spending taxpayer dollars without knowing where that money will actually end up. This was proven once again by the Senate’s vote to fund the Pigford Settlements, even though serious claims of fraud
Speaker Pelosi is calling the 435 House members to DC next week for the purpose of spending another $26 billion we don’t have. We were on a six week hiatus, and members had scattered to the four corners of the
We are $13 trillion in debt. We will be $19.6 trillion in debt come 2015. Yet, the President wants to send $400 million for “humanitarian aid” to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, an area controlled by the terrorist organization
Once again the liberal media has shown its true colors! The White House media dinosaur, also known as Helen Thomas has called on Jews to leave Israel and move back to Poland and Germany. This anti-Semitic sentiment has no place
President Obama has once again shown his lack of judgment, by sending Attorney General Eric Holder down to the Gulf of Mexico to investigate possible litigation. Clearly, the White House has misplaced priorities, instead of sending more engineers and experts,
The Obama administration has already bailed out everything within its sight in the United States, now we are looking at footing the bill for foreign nations. First we bailed out the insurance industry, the auto industry, the housing industry, the
[youtube p6f-G8Ec0Z8] The fact is that Democrats in congress are trying to protect their own. This financial reform bill gives government the power to permanently bailout Wall Street. Should government have the authority to pick and choose who gets the
Tomorrow, I have the honor and privilege of welcoming Governor Sarah Palin to my home state of Minnesota, where she will join me on the campaign trail for a rally at the Minneapolis Convention Center. I want to let you
Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the Democrats’ trillion-dollar health care takeover, meaning that one-sixth of the United States economy has now come under the purview of the federal government. [youtube j6AsP19f4UA] Keep in mind Arizona State economics professor William
My friends, I am proud to introduce a bill today, that would repeal the monstrosity that passed yesterday. The bill that barely passed, can only be described as a killer bill. It kills jobs, it kills opportunity, it kills promises
I wanted to let all my friends in Pittsburgh know about a great opportunity that will be happening TONIGHT! Several members of congress will be appearing live via a video town hall at the Four Points By Sheraton Pittsburgh North,
This is it. It seems that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is almost done twisting arms and leadership has just announced a vote in as little as 72 hours. That would make the final vote this Sunday. I am abhorred that Pro-life