We must pass a national energy policy to continue our successes in the War on Terrorism.

Today the people from my State of Tennessee would listen to this debate, or even talk about a reference to God on our money or in the Halls of Congress or in our Pledge and say, please, let common sense and logic win the day and prevail versus legal mumbo jumbo.

With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.

With only 2 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, we in the United States can pump until we are blue in the face and it will not change the fact that we need more diverse and more secure sources of energy.

I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.

There is no accountability in soft money. None.

We can not underestimate the potential harm North Korea's capabilities can cause for the rest of the world.