Local economies are suffering as people spend more on fuel and less on consumer goods and travel.

Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.

We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families.

We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.

Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries.

I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to America's future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology.

The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union.