As A Member Of The House Committee

But In Congress, Accountability Is Just A Catch Phrase, Usually Directed Elsewhere. Demands To Personal Responsibility Or Corporate Accountability Abound, But Rarely Congressional Accountability Or Fiscal Responsibility.

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.

Social Security, Bank Account, And Credit Card Numbers Aren't Just Data. In The Wrong Hands They Can Wipe Out Someone's Life Savings, Wreck Their Credit And Cause Financial Ruin.

I Am The Parent Of Teenagers, My Daughters Are 13 And 15, So The Issue Of Internet Safety Has Been An Important Issue. I Have Been Visiting Middle Schools To Talk About Some Of The Challenges That They Face.

Even The Best Data Security Systems Can't Protect Private Taxpayer Information From Entrepreneurial Foreign Businesses Than Can Make Huge Profits Selling U.s. Taxpayer Information.