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The right to life is our most important right. As a society, we have a responsibility to do all that we can to protect that right.

America is a collection of people from different races, religions, and backgrounds – that is part of what makes this country great. But a common language is what brings all of us together to form a community.

Last week, the President announced a nuclear agreement with Iran. Preventing Iran from attaining a nuclear bomb should have taken priority over everything in these negotiations.

Illegal immigration is just that – illegal. One of the things that frustrates me most about Washington D.C. is that people seem to forget that.

On July 3, 1776, a 41 year-old patriot named John Adams sat down to write his wife, Abigail, describing the Declaration of Independence that would be signed the next day. The future president wrote, "I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States.

Not all regulations are bad or unnecessary. Some have a critical role to play in our society. But each one has a cost. And the costs of a regulation always get passed along to consumers.

When regulations hit the energy industry, for example, it makes it more expensive to heat or cool our homes every month. And it means a higher cost of living for everyone.

Obamacare has resulted in fewer hours for Missouri workers, forced small businesses to scale back or altogether stop hiring new employers, and raised taxes on industries across the economy.

Any way you slice it, Obamacare is a job-killer. The House continues to work to stop this harmful law, piece by piece and however possible.

Most ideas in Washington start out with good intentions. Unfortunately, the negative consequences of those ideas almost always outweigh the positives.

In 2002, the United States adopted Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) mandates, requiring retailers to provide country-of-origin labeling for fresh beef, pork, and lamb.