Even talking about change can be threatening to entrenched interests...Careers in the Pentagon, the board room, or the halls of Congress are not advanced by creating the disruptions that go with real change, so there are very few voices willing to speak up for the future and move beyond rhetoric to make serious choices.
Mac ThornberryI know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.
Mac ThornberryNo other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.
Mac ThornberryWe should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.
Mac Thornberry