Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country.
Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information.
Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.
Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and increase the child tax credit have been essential elements in this economic expansion.
It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research.
The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.
The choice is not between conducting the stem cell research or not conducting it. That is not the choice.
One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act.
But my friends, these people in Egypt have stood by us in a tough, tough neighborhood.
This gives us essentially everything we've asked for and it does it sooner, it is a huge win.
It is vital to have a Senate-confirmed administrator at helm of the FAA at this crucial time.
I would think that it would raise doubts in the mind of the average American if those doubts weren't raised already.