Without the right tools, we can't police our markets from illegal trade.

I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term.

We are a nation that seeks out solutions and refuses to ignore challenges.

I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend.

The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from terrorism.

We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits.

The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality.