Becoming a mom makes politics real. Whether it's education policies, health care policies, family leave - it informs your decision-making.
There have been a lot of times when work and parenting conflicted for me. Every day.
With the right policies and regulations, the opportunities for American medical advancement and scientific innovation are boundless.
While global research is crucial, the U.S. must maintain its leadership role as the world's innovator for both medical advancement and job creation.
To ensure that America remains the leader in medical innovation, we must reduce the costs of developing life-saving drugs and ensure that there are appropriate economic incentives in place to produce them.
In order for America to remain the leader in medical innovation, we must reduce costs, ease regulatory burdens, and increase the efficacy of producing new treatments and cures here in the U.S.
When one joins the military, he or she is promised health care for life. So we need to make sure that happens.
We need to address the systemic structural issues within the VA - the misallocation of resources, the interminably long waiting lists, the bureaucratic inefficiencies - to ensure that our American heroes are properly protected the second they return home from war.
We need to modernize an outdated agency, bring it into the 21st century, and ensure that the VA is better equipped to treat the health and psychological issues that are unique to our veterans.
As the wife of a retired Navy commander and the representative of the district covering Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, I see firsthand the permanent effects of war - both physical and psychological - on those who serve our country.
While health reform is a worthy goal, we shouldn't pay for it by taxing those who already have high medical costs because they or someone in their family has a disability.
The heavy hand of government and its rules are causing family businesses to shutter their doors.
We were given a system of government that places the people at the center of all decision-making and relies on the consent of the governed, with our rights and the government's limitations clearly outlined.
With its record spending and deficits, the Obama administration has shown little interest in taking fiscal responsibility. That is a mistake.
Throughout human history, some of our most influential inventors, entrepreneurs, and leaders have had disabilities. For example, Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, and Charles Schwab are all dyslexic, while scientist Stephen Hawking has used a wheelchair for decades.
Far too many government spending programs have gone years, even decades, without being reauthorized, leaving the American people less able to effectively review, rethink, and possibly eliminate government programs.
By Congress delegating its authority to the executive and judicial branches, we've removed the American people from the process. They're left as bystanders to the whims of executive overreach, and they're watching the country they know and love slip away. Worse, they think their representatives are powerless to stop it.
If America isn't asking for Europe's help with New Jersey, why should Europe feel uninhibited about asking for America's help with Greece?
The significant disparity in work opportunities for people with disabilities is the direct result of government programs and policies that propagate dependency.
Reducing the entanglement of Big Government in order to benefit people with disabilities should be a top priority for the Republican party.
