April 29, 2013

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During a live interview last Thursday on Impact with Sam Clovis, KSCJ Radio in Sioux City, the focus was on immigration, homeland security, the 2012 attack in Benghazi, approval of an administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, controversy over the Common Core education program, and the federal budget sequester.
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Q&A: Education

States are the laboratories of democracy and they foster innovation and solutions to education policy challenges.
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Addressing Immigration Reform

In my weekly video address, I described efforts to make sure immigration reform legislation avoids mistakes made in the 1986 legalization law by making border security the top priority, giving American workers the first opportunity at jobs, holding employers accountable for their hiring practices, and leaving policy decisions in the representative branch of government... Watch here

New Technology Warrants Review of the Privacy of Electronic Communications

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act is the law that regulates government access to most every use of electronic communications from emails to documents and correspondence (like Facebook or Twitter) stored on the internet. Technology continues to evolve at record speeds, but the Electronic Communications Privacy Act has not been updated since... Read more

Taking STOCK of “Political Intelligence”

Information means everything. Students cramming for their final exams likely wouldn’t be so stressed out if they had access to the test answers beforehand. Farmers wouldn’t lose so much sleep second-guessing their marketing decisions if they knew exactly when to lock in the top dollar for their grain. And retirees wouldn’t feel like they... Read more

Common-sense Spending Choices

Congress took action last week to do what the Obama administration already had the authority to do in redirecting funds controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in order to reverse furloughs of air traffic controllers and prevent the shutdown of air traffic control towers. It’s obvious that expenditures in other areas should be cut at the FAA instead of furloughing essential employees such as air traffic controllers. Yet, legislative action was needed to overcome this attempt by the White House to use spending reductions required by the ongoing budget sequester for a public relations stunt. Furloughing air traffic controllers exaggerated the impact of budget sequestration... Read more
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