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To meet energy demand, we need everything we’ve got

never. The speed of change doesn’t allow us to push off permitting reform to the next Congress

It’s time to open markets for farmers

part of the country, so that it doesn’t harm Iowa’s $14.3 billion agricultural export economy

The Washington Times Op-Ed by Rep. Smith'Christians face brutal year in China; don’t let Beijing bury repression of religious freedom'

diplomacy, but the opposite is true. Looking away doesn’t reduce diplomatic tension; it teaches autocrats that intimidation

Bonuses for Cost Cutters Will Stop Government Waste

family spends money this way. Because money doesn’t grow on trees. Only a government that can print

Congress Must Face Facts – It Spends Too Much Money

trillion in debt this year. Fiscal profligacy doesn’t sound like something to cheer about. And it certainly … doesn’t sound like some seismic eruption of fiscal conservatism. But you might ask, what was this great

I’ve changed my mind — Google and YouTube can’t be trusted to do the right thing and must be reined in

take down the video. Interestingly, Google says it doesn’t assess the truth of the content it hosts … ugly should be policed and taken down but doesn’t believe that accusing someone of treason (taking money

Congress Has the Power of the Purse. It Just Doesn’t Use It.

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Helping Americans break free from government dependency

benefits cliff is poverty by design — and it doesn’t have to be this way. About

My New Year’s Resolution: Lower the Volume, Raise the Results

Access Improvement Act – is a good example. It doesn’t create a new program or expand federal authority

Making Life Less Affordable, One Hidden Tax at a Time

spend billions complying with mandates, the expense doesn’t evaporate. It becomes a hidden tax on every household … policy into an experiment in forced consumer behavior doesn’t make it wise. It makes it expensive

Op-Ed: Government is Still the Problem

somebody ELSE is paying the bill, the patient doesn’t care about the price and the payer doesn

From a Modest Win to Bigger Goals: Delivering for Colorado

kind of bill that makes national headlines. It doesn’t have a clever acronym or a press conference

Save Jersey Op-Ed by Rep. Smith'Op-Ed: Pray and work to protect religious liberty'

grasp Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s astute observation that communism doesn’t merely believe that God does not exist

Why the budget law is tailored to help Ohio workers and families

Medicaid money from that stream, too. That money doesn’t include another priority that I worked to include

Winning Doesn’t Stop Here

Washington Times: Fixing our health care workforce doesn’t have to break the bank