The bill that was about jobs, jobs, jobs has turned into a bill that's about spending, spending, spending.

The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also one of the most difficult.

They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny.

You can't be somebody that you're not, because all of you shows up.

Will we fight or will we retreat? That is the question that is posed to us. Some of my friends on the other side of the aisle often refer to Iraq as a distraction.

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.

When you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? You get less of it. Why do we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people?