All of us who serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate pay into Social Security.

We are giving away the country so a few very rich people can get richer.

The retirement system that is in place for members of Congress and other federal workers features what is known as the Federal Employment Retirement Plan.

In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways.

Further, the United States is moving ahead in the development of clean coal technology. There are vast coal reserves in our country, and when it is burned cleanly, coal can provide a resource to supply a large amount of our energy requirements.

The progress in Iraq has not been without cost.

For more than two centuries, the defenders of liberty have put their lives on the line, because they have known that we cannot take our freedoms for granted.