Many of our constituents have one option for cable TV and one price. Our constituents desire choice.

Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.

My Eighth District, like others, counts on these family businesses and their teams working hard to support their families and aid their communities. As retailers, these teams often bring different or unique products to the marketplace.

Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs.

Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no control over tax information once it's been sent to India or another country.

The budget enforcement rules of the 1990s were an important part of getting the budget back into balance. It was done on a bipartisan basis. Those pay-as-you-go rules were tested and they worked. We are now in a one-party system, and we have thrown them out.

Taxpayers should not be coerced into giving up their privacy rights just to file their taxes.