Listen, You Only Tease The Ones You

It's Pretty Clear That Over The Last Three Months The Economy Has Paused. And It's Also Pretty Clear The American People Are Still Demanding And Asking The Question, 'where Are The Jobs?' And The Reason We Don't Have New Jobs Is Because Of The Job-killing Agenda Pursued By President Obama And His Allies In The Congress.

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.

Will We Fight Or Will We Retreat? That Is The Question That Is Posed To Us. Some Of My Friends On The Other Side Of The Aisle Often Refer To Iraq As A Distraction.

The President Has Outlined A New Strategy For Success In Iraq, But In Order For This Effort To Be Successful The Iraqi Government Must Be Held Accountable. ... If We Fail In Iraq, Or Withdraw Our Troops Prematurely, The Terrorists Will Follow Us Home. Success Is Our Only Option.

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?