Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.

The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.

Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.

Producing fuel cells and solar panels requires high tech facilities and produces high paying jobs. The industry is booming in Arizona. The state already has about 100 firms in the solar industry and has grown 20% since 2003.

Enforcement is the long overdue step to protect our Nation from external threats in a time of war. And then once we do that, we can effectively discuss a guest worker program.

The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.

The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem.