Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.

Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States.

Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.

We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place.

Time and again we have learned that the best way to achieve growth and create jobs is for hardworking people to keep more of their own money in their own pockets.

By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients; and that is exactly where it should be.

The government needs to help those in need, but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects.