Columns

The U.S. economy grew a meager 1% from April-July 2011 as a result of weak consumer spending and stalled exports, highlighting the sluggishness of the recovery.

The month of August means it is time for students and teachers across the Third District to prepare for a new school year.

The longer we wait to approve the agreements, the more market share we lose to international competitions and the more hard-working Americans are punished.

Over the last seven months the conversation in Washington has changed. For too long, Congress focused on how much government could spend, but now the debate has shifted to how we can stop spending money we do not have.

From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson to Ben Franklin, balancing the budget united America's founders.

Raising taxes during a recession is not a strategy for recovery. Penalizing the job creators we need to hire more workers is a step backward on the path to economic recovery.

Small streams and irrigation canals are rarely considered resources to generate hydropower. In reality, the future of hydropower lies in these nontraditional sources.

While Congress authorizes new spending, the debt ceiling controls the ability of the Treasury Department to finance the spending obligations Congress and the President have previously made.