The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well.

Thousands of present day students, like many of our Founding Fathers, are being taught at home.

Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get America's students to study more science and math parents must push and help their children to meet this goal.

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.

The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.

My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.