On June 14, U.S. trade negotiators will meet in San Francisco with their counterparts from seven countries to negotiate what could become President Obama's first trade agreement -- the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. These talks provide an excellent opportunity for the President to deliver on his campaign commitments and break...
Posted November 25, 2009 | 15:17:45 (EST)
One of my favorite stories to tell people is about the rule my father had for us kids -- that when each of us turned 15, we had to get a job. And while my sisters took jobs "suitable" for girls, I decided to take a path that would fit...
Posted June 23, 2009 | 11:57:01 (EST)
Posted May 6, 2009 | 16:33:56 (EST)
If you were walking down the street and saw someone harassing a child, would you just walk by and look the other way? If that person was telling the child the world would be better off if they just killed themselves, would you ignore it?
This is what is happening...
Posted January 30, 2009 | 16:33:21 (EST)
This Sunday as the Steelers and the Cardinals face off against each other in the Super Bowl, a game that will last maybe a few hours, I am reminded of the lasting effects that may follow these players, possibly for the rest of their lives.
The National Football League (NFL)...
Posted October 16, 2008 | 14:06:01 (EST)
Today, we find ourselves in the midst of the most significant economic crisis of our Nation's history, perhaps since the 1929 Depression. The subprime mortgage meltdown and housing market collapse have sent shock waves throughout our economy and the world.
This cascading effect of tightened credit has led to...
Posted July 30, 2008 | 13:33:22 (EST)
This week the Justice Department's Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility released a sobering report documenting serious abuses of power at the Department. The report validates my suspicions of wrongdoing at the Department -- suspicions that only grew stronger during every month of the Congressional investigation I launched into...
Posted July 17, 2008 | 18:07:58 (EST)
Again last week, we saw the arrogance of former White House advisor Karl Rove when an empty chair sat for him in front of the House Judiciary subcommittee where he was required by subpoena to testify. Not only did he refuse to appear before the committee -- let alone testify...
Posted June 25, 2007 | 11:05:10 (EST)
This weekend marked the 35th anniversary of one of our country's most important civil rights laws. One deceptively simple -- yet profoundly effective -- sentence gave American women a new opportunity to aspire and succeed.
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Title IX of the...
Posted November 22, 2006 | 17:18:05 (EST)
Over the past decade, our trade policy has run amok.
We have learned the hard way from NAFTA - and the deals like CAFTA that have spawned from it - that our skepticism of the free trade model is well-founded.
Real wages for American families are down. Our trade deficit...

Posted June 14, 2010 | 19:23:34 (EST)