By Rep. Dan Lungren, Rep. Mike Thompson, and Rep. Nan Hayworth

Benjamin Franklin established the nation's first special assessment district when he created the Union Fire Company of Philadelphia, a volunteer fire department. Today there are more than 37,000 special districts in the United States. Local governments use them to...

Congress must act quickly to pass health care reform -- the bottom line is -- we can't wait any longer. Across our country, 14,000 Americans are losing their health care coverage every day, joining the 46 million who aren't covered by health insurance. I'm as worried as anyone about how...

When Earth Day was founded 39 years ago, it was generally assumed that environmental ideals and the tax code were completely unrelated from each other. But as we've learned over the last few years, using tax incentives can be a powerful tool to help green our economy and protect our...

Our country is facing some of the biggest challenges I've seen in my lifetime, and we must act quickly and carefully to put our country back on the path of greatness. There has been much talk of the need to invest in infrastructure projects that will employ Americans while rebuilding...