The Jones Act is an important tool to maintain Northeast Florida's domestic ship repair industry, which is so vital to our Navy and national security.
Claude Kirk was probably the most charismatic person I ever met.
I have had no concerns in the past and have none moving forward regarding the Navy's ability to effectively address any potential natural or man-made threat to Naval Station Mayport and any military asset located there, including any future nuclear aircraft carrier.
Time is money in the shipping business.
Each year, we learn that customer service diminishes. You may argue it's because the IRS budget has been cut, but I'm going to argue that it's because the IRS chooses to spend its funds in other areas like the Affordable Care Act, bonuses, and conferences.
I'm usually torn by, 'What's the role of government to cure injustice?' Families, churches, and schools can be more of an instrument of change.
There's no federal government agency that ought to be immune from having to explain the potential financial impact of an action they've taken or intend to take. We deserve the specifics.
Once our carrier fleet went all nuclear in 2005, we went from having two aircraft carrier homeports on the East Coast to one.
Energy cogeneration on Capitol Hill makes economic and environmental sense and should be pursued for those reasons.
Naval Station Mayport and Naval Air Station Jacksonville are the East Coast home for the MH-60Rs, and the nation's P-8A fleet and Triton operations facility are based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
If we do not act quickly, Jaxport will fall behind competitors on the East Coast - and the economic engine that has driven this community for the past decade will be put in danger.
The IRS should and must focus on the most important and most egregious and the most in need.
I never thought that one day that this NAS Jax would be the center of aviation excellence in the Southeast and from pole to pole.
When you put all your eggs in one basket, you've got a problem.
We simply can't spend our way out of a recession.
A great deal of the work I do involves the military.
The bottom line, addressing defense spending cuts with a meat ax like sequestration will damage defense readiness for decades to come.
It is clear that United States immigration policy is badly in need of reform.
Claude Kirk could be hysterically funny and fearlessly bold, and he championed the environment, education, and diversity long before those issues were fashionable.
I work hard, and I'm thankful people recognize that.
