You look at the violence that is there in entertainment, in video games, and don't just go say, 'We're going to do an assault weapons ban, and that's going to solve the problem,' because it is not going to get to the root of the problem.
— Marsha Blackburn
We've already seen the federal government stretch their regulatory tentacles into our homes and determine what kind of light bulbs we have to use.
Less regulation plus less taxation plus less litigation always equals more innovation and job creation.
The No. 1 issue with women in this country is jobs, and the No. 2 issue is our national security. So, economic security, national security and retirement security.
If a natural disaster strikes your community, reach out to your friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. Lend a helping hand.
Our creative communities in Nashville, in L.A. and New York, and in Austin, those are communities you want to see stay viable.
As more delivery systems for entertainment producers come on board, you have all these different formats where people are compensated.
To get our economy back on track and keep it functioning properly without the problems of our financial institutions, we need reasonable regulations that will protect Main Street while at the same time allow Wall Street to do what it does best - make money for American investors.
Any spending should be debated openly on the floor of the House and voted on in open session, with the American people having a chance to watch and listen.
Politicians like to confuse congressional spending with earmarks. There is a difference.
Congress, of course, is not bound to accept the president's budget figures, but the House has the sole power to appropriate funds for spending, and it is a duty that should not be ignored.
We in Tennessee know that low taxes, less government, and less spending are the ways to grow our economy.
While all Republicans acknowledge that there were mistakes made during the Bush Administration, again the continuous pointing a finger at President Bush has gotten tiresome.
Great Britain has long been one of our strongest friends in the free world.
I support safeguarding users' personally identifiable information and sensitive data like health or financial records. I also believe the government has a responsibility to punish deceptive and unfair practices that defy reasonable expectations about consumers' privacy.
Every new rule, mandate, and regulatory edict is one more obstacle that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job creators have to swallow.
Because America leads the world by example, it's no surprise that some might seek to imitate our domestic rules and regulations on a global scale.
Some of the school districts in my congressional district are looking at resource officers and how they secure that environment.
I think so many of our educators, when they hear about these programs coming from the federal government, they're just thinking, 'Uh, that's another book of paperwork that I'm going to have to do,' and teachers are so weighed down with that.
The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.
Liberals are very much afraid of conservative women, and here's the reason why - more people agree with us. They want the government to have less control over their lives.
If you see something suspicious, don't just walk by. Notify authorities. Get help. You could save innocent lives.
Business models change. As technology processes, business models change.
I remember my first job, when I was working in a retail store down there, growing up in Laurel, Mississippi. I was making, like, $2.15 an hour. And I was taught how to responsibly handle those customer interactions.
The Dodd Bill does very little to reduce financial risks. What it will do is make Wall Street even more the servant of bureaucrats in Washington and the political party in power. That is not in the best interests of the American people.
Earmarks are almost always inserted by a member of Congress without any notice to other members, and without a chance for Congress as a whole to debate a particular earmark as they relate to national priorities.
While the budget resolution is a nonbinding blueprint, it is, nevertheless, an important guideline for Congress. Once the President's proposed budget is received by Congress on the first Monday of February, Congress generally goes to work on appropriating the funds required.
One of the most important tasks of the United States House of Representatives is to pass a budget resolution.
The Obama Administration continues to talk about the 'policies of the past' and insist that a return to those policies will lead to disaster.
We need to work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the kind of health care choices that the American people want. That doesn't include government-run health care.
An overly expansive virtual 'toll' for the Internet that blocks consumers' and competitors' access to the e-commerce superhighway is not the right answer.
A conservative vision to tech issues assumes the imperfection of mankind and a preference for markets - not politics - to drive outcomes.
There's an inverse relationship between the size and scope of government and the health of our free-market economy.
Countries like Iran and China support an Internet Iron Curtain that would censor political dissidents and deny anonymous activity online through mandatory registrations of IP addresses.
I've talked with a lot of teachers, classroom teachers after the Sandy Hook situation, and they say, look, we need to be looking at mental health.
Defense of free markets is where we need to be when establishing a vision for national technology policy.
The American Dream is not being dependent on the federal government for your health care, for your automobile, for your college education, for your student loan on and on and on.
The generosity of the American people is legendary. So is their spirit.
In this dangerous world that we live in, where hatred and violence and natural disasters sometimes collide to almost overwhelm us, we each can help in some way.
More people are working in jobs that are interactive technology based or find a basis in intellectual property.
Republicans are willing to support and vote for realistic, meaningful financial reform.
The American people have made it abundantly clear that they want less government, not more. They want problems solved in a bipartisan manner, not the creation of new problems.
I firmly believe that the most important feature of spending the people's money is complete transparency.
The Budget Act of 1974 established a timetable for the annual budget process. Under Title III of the Act, Congress is to complete action on the concurrent resolution on the budget by April 15.
We know that working with small businesses to create jobs will do more to help our economy than anything the Obama Administration has tried to do.
Here in Tennessee, instead of the big spending, big government, job killing agenda of the Obama Administration, Tennesseans have tightened their belts and are struggling to find jobs that will enable them to support their families.
The British health care system is a blueprint for the failure of Obamacare, as it is structured.
Ironically, one of the clearer threats to consumer privacy is the government's largely unchecked ability to collect your sensitive information without due process.
Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has said that several foreign dignitaries personally spoke to him about creating a new Internet user fee to subsidize an international universal service fund at the expense of traditional end users.
