I always try to keep my constituents as up-to-date as possible with what’s going on here in Washington.

The President and I agree that Social Security needs to be preserved so that we can ensure that all Americans receive the retirement benefits they’ve been promised. But we disagree as to how best to fix the system.

As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today’s workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the same system.

I have always rejected the argument that members of Congress cast their vote because they’re Jewish or not Jewish. I didn’t cast my vote as a Jewish member of Congress. I cast my vote as a member of Congress.

Plus, 40% of our debt is owned by foreign interest. I can’t support a plan that passes along cost burden to our children and makes us more reliant on foreign dollars.

Our Nation’s immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants.

I have always rejected the argument that members of Congress cast their vote because they're Jewish or not Jewish. I didn't cast my vote as a Jewish member of Congress. I cast my vote as a member of Congress.

I make my decisions and my judgments not based on what a prime minister of another country says, but based on what my principles tell me, how may DNA guides me.

In my view, Hurricane Katrina has just become a good old-fashioned excuse for price gouging by the oil companies, ... We can't have a winter strategic energy plan with sweaters and propane heaters.

At the rate we're going, that should cover the cost of one full tank,