The Benefit Of An Open Town Hall

Women Need The Education And Training, Particularly Since More And More Women Are Heads Of Their Households, As Much Or More Than Anybody Else...and It's Hard For Them To Leave Their Families When They Don't Have Somebody To Take Care Of Them....it's A Vicious Cycle That's Affecting Women, Particularly In A Part Of The Country Like This, Where Mining Is The Mainstay; Traditionally, Women Have Not Gone Into That Line Of Work, To Say The Least.

I Am All In Favor Of Pay Equity For Women, But This Kind Of Legislation, As Is Typical Of What's Being Proposed By My Friends On The Other Side Of The Aisle, Opens Us Up To Lawsuits For All Kinds Of Problems.

My Greatest Fear Is The Iranians Acquire A Nuclear Weapon And Give It To A Terrorist Organization. And There Is A Real Threat Of Them Doing That.

Some Urge We Do Nothing Because We Can't Be Certain How Bad The (climate) Problem Might Become Or They Presume The Worst Effects Are Most Likely To Occur In Our Grandchildren's Lifetime. I'm A Proud Conservative, And I Reject That Kind Of Live-for-today, 'me Generation,' Attitude. It Is Unworthy Of Us And Incompatible With Our Reputation As Visionaries And Problem Solvers. Americans Have Never Feared Change. We Make Change Work For Us.

There Are Neighborhoods In Baghdad Where You And I Could Walk Through Those Neighborhoods Today.