The regulations have prevented rural patients with no caregiver at home from getting specialized attention. Instead, they have been placed in nursing homes and other facilities not equipped to meet this unique need,

Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act.

Talk about national interests: When we went in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of our allies, Turkey, for example, would not let us through. How much trouble did that cause us, because we were not...

I suppose others might be more nervous,

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...

The choice is not between conducting the stem cell research or not conducting it. That is not the choice.

Our PAC is not under investigation,

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.

The growth of our economy has been fueled by tax relief enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Bush over the past four years.

That is a tremendous hurdle to clear and something that has not been done in any previous BRAC round. I do not expect it to happen this year either,

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.

Americans are going to wake up Thursday morning with Puerto Rico well on its way to becoming the 51st state, and they’re going to ask why weren’t we informed?

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...

The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people’s money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell...

I have never been a fan of the BRAC process because of the impact it has on communities with military installations, and I question how much money has been saved over the years,

More Americans are working today than at any time in history.

We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it in the American national interest.

These earmarks are authorized to be spent out of dedicated revenue – with highway trust fund money from gasoline taxes. That’s one reason doing earmarks is such a good idea,

One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act.

Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy with everything that happened with the parliamentary elections, and it was...

I can’t think of any place in Mississippi where such an example exists.

Over the past two years, the House has passed more than 50 measures focused on stimulating the economy and expanding opportunities for American workers. The tax relief provisions in this package have been an important...

And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people.

Several other aerospace and defense firms have announced plans to build facilities in north Mississippi in recent weeks. They join an impressive group of high-tech companies already doing business in our region.

We were available, but FEMA chose to send them to San Antonio or Utah or other far destinations,

But my friends, these people in Egypt have stood by us in a tough, tough neighborhood.

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...

Yet, I can see what has happened to others as controversy swirls. Friends can head for the hills,

Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act’s provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.

Since other countries and terrorist organizations are working to secure information that could threaten national security, more funding is provided in the bill to increase counter-intelligence activities.