I've Got 11 Brothers And Sisters.

The American People Will Not Tolerate A Clean Increase In The Debt Limit.

I Have Been Dealing With The Minimum Wage Issue For The Last 28 Years That I Have Been In Elective Office. And When You Raise The Price Of Employment, Guess What Happens? You Get Less Of It. At A Time When The American People Are Still Asking The Question, Where Are The Jobs, Why Would We Want To Make It Harder For Small Employers To Hire People?

It's Easy To Kick Somebody When They're Down. George W. Bush Has Dealt With More Difficult Issues Than Any President Since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've Told My Colleagues It's Time That We Go Stand Up For The President.

We All Must Be Mindful That The United States Has Diplomatic, Civilian, And Military Personnel Deployed In Other Countries With Both Challenging Security Environments And Active Terrorist Networks Interested In Targeting Not Just Our Facilities But Our People. One Of Their Greatest Protections - Knowing That The United States Does Not Negotiate With Terrorists - Has Been Compromised.

Our Economy Continues To Struggle With Slow Economic Growth, High Unemployment And Stagnant Wages. "obama Care's" Raising Costs. That's Making It Harder For Small Businesses To Hire. In Short, It's A Train Wreck.