President Trump and his administration are right to be concerned about national security, but it's unacceptable when even legal permanent residents are being detained or turned away at airports and ports of entry.

Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.

It's going to take a while for some of these things.

American leadership looks to the world and just as Lincoln did sees the family of man. Humanity is not a zero-sum game.

This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.

Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.

You can't always say what's popular and you ought to go with it. I think that's why the founders were concerned about direct democracy. That's why we have a republic and that's why we have representatives who who are supposed to look at the issues and to look out for the next generation as well.