The more generous the benefit, the easier you make it to stay on unemployment insurance, and the less incentive there is for people to actually go out and do what it takes to get a job.

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.

The people of Iraq realize that a stable, successful, democratic Iraq can only come about if average Iraqis are willing to sacrifice to build it.

Oftentimes, the more power and prestige a person achieves, the more arrogant a person can become.

In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington: Today it is 1 in 4.

Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone. Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and thinking about the next crime? Or do we want them having a little purpose in life and learning a skill?