There are security issues, obviously, and health issues, ... But this feels like the right thing to do. It's just amazing. We've been sleeping, several of us, in a staffer's house, and there's been a dead body on a porch down the street for days.

A criminal pipeline from Cuba to Florida threatens U.S. national security interests with Cuban migrants exploiting U.S. law, stealing from the American taxpayer, and paying the Cuban government to live large off the cash in Cuba.

Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president's plans to transform the military.

If it is a public health emergency, we're going to be in a sorry state if Homeland Security is in charge. Not just because of their performance here, but because of their lack of experience.

As an avid hunter, outdoor enthusiast, and life member of the NRA, I understand the importance of protecting the right to keep and bear arms.

This isn't about deer hunting. The Second Amendment is about our right to keep and bear arms to defend ourselves.