Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual process.

Whether it's making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or making sure that our children receive the best educational opportunities we can give them, we must remain committed to these needs because our children are our future.

Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream.

I am not normally a betting person, but I say that putting your money on the American people is about as close to a sure bet as you are going to get.

At a time when U.S. jobs are heading overseas at a record pace, and amidst increased sanctions on our manufacturers and producers from other countries, it's imperative that we do all we can to provide our businesses a climate to operate successfully.

We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.

My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts.