Hi, I&#39m Lisa Murkowski. And I&#39m honored to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate, where I chair the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.It&#39s been a pretty good week in Congress – with the House of Representatives welcoming a new speaker, Paul Ryan, and the Senate passing a major bill to

As we enter 2016, we need to remember that we are truly blessed to live in the greatest country in the world. Thanks to our military, veterans, law enforcement, first responders and others who keep us safe and free.On Tuesday, President Obama will give his last State of the Union Address to the nati

Hi, I&#39m Thom Tillis, Senator from the great state of North Carolina. I want to speak with you today about the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court.It&#39s a topic that has generated a lot of attention – and frankly, a lot of misinformation, especially since President Obama named a nominee earlier th

Hi, I&#39m Senator Cory Gardner, and I&#39m proud to represent the great state of Colorado in the United States Senate.For decades, the United States and our allies like Japan and South Korea have faced a complex threat in North Korea.And while the Obama Administration has rightfully focused attenti

Chokma, I&#39m Lisa Johnson-Billy. I&#39m a member of the Oklahoma state house, where I serve as the floor leader. I&#39m also a proud member of the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes. In fact, I am the first Native American, the first woman, and the first Republican to represent my district.I know I may

Hello, I&#39m Senator Richard Burr from the great state of North Carolina and I&#39m honored to chair the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.Today, I&#39ll lay out for you the terrorist threat to the United States and our allies – a growing threat that is no longer confined to the Middle East,

Hello, I&#39m Kelly Ayotte, and I&#39m proud to represent the great state of New Hampshire in the United States Senate.For the past few years, I&#39ve been working to bring attention to the heroin and prescription opioid abuse epidemic that is impacting my state and communities nationwide.This is a

Every 25 minutes in America, a baby is born who was exposed to drugs during pregnancy. Because of their exposure to opioids, heroin, and other drugs, they may spend their first weeks suffering from withdrawal.Their bodies shake with tremors, and their cries are heartbreaking. This is called neonatal

In the suburbs of Chicago, somebody dies from using heroin every three days. And every single one of them leaves behind a family in grief.I want to tell you about one in particular. His name was Alex Laliberte. He grew up in Buffalo Grove – just outside of Chicago. Alex graduated from Stevenson High

Every 25 minutes in America, a baby is born who was exposed to drugs during pregnancy. Because of their exposure to opioids, heroin, and other drugs, they may spend their first weeks suffering from withdrawal.Their bodies shake with tremors, and their cries are heartbreaking. This is called neonatal

Hi, I&#39m Senator Tom Cotton and I&#39m proud to represent Arkansas in the United States Senate.We live in a dangerous world – and the dangers are ever increasing, particularly from radical Islamic terror. The attacks in Brussels, Paris, San Bernardino, and across the world make this all too clear.

Every day, in the smallest towns and biggest cities across this country, about one in three Americans gets up and goes to work at a small business.Maybe they have coworkers, or maybe, for now, it&#39s just them. Maybe it&#39s their first job, or maybe they&#39ve been lucky enough to build a lifelong

Hi, I&#39m Joni Ernst and I have the honor of serving the great state of Iowa in the United States Senate.It&#39s a long way from Red Oak, Iowa to Washington, D.C., but often I think back to even more distant places I&#39ve traveled to like Kuwait and Iraq, where I served as a company commander, lea

Hello. My name is Gus Bilirakis. I serve as Vice-Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. And I represent the people of Florida&#39s 12th Congressional District.Today, on behalf of my constituents and behalf of all Republicans, I would like to deliver a message directly to America&#39s vete

Let&#39s face it: people know what Republicans are against.Now, we are going to give you a plan that shows you what we are for.Our ambition is a confident America, where everyone has the chance to go out and succeed no matter where they start in life.That is the American Idea.But right now, our coun

I&#39m Dan Sullivan, and I&#39m proud to represent the great state of Alaska in the U.S. Senate.Today, I want to talk to you about the economy – one of the most critical issues facing our country – and about the lost decade of economic growth under the Obama Administration.A few weeks ago, it was an

Hello, I&#39m Buddy Carter, and I represent the first district of Georgia.This week, I held seven town-hall meetings with people from all over our district. We talked about a lot of different issues. But the one thing I heard over and over again was this: People are frustrated. They&#39re working as

Hi, my name is Bradley Byrne, and I have the honor of representing the first district of Alabama in the United States House of Representatives.This summer, my colleagues and I have been talking with our constituents all over the country about our proposed agenda for 2017 – what we&#39re calling A Be

Hi, I&#39m Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa.Now consider this.On the first Senate bill debated in 2015 under a new Republican majority, the Senate considered more amendments, from both sides of the aisle, than the entire previous year under the leadership of Harry Reid.That is the dramatic change in t

I&#39m Senator Lamar Alexander, from Tennessee.When Tennesseans woke up on Wednesday morning and opened up our state&#39s largest paper, the front page headline read &quotVery Near Collapse.&quotThe story wasn&#39t about a bridge or a foreign dictatorship. &quotVery Near Collapse&quot was our state

The first job of the federal government is to keep our country safe. And if we&#39ve learned anything over the past eight years, it&#39s that the President&#39s foreign policy is not doing the job. Look no further than: the vanishing red line in Syria, the faulty reset with Russia, the attempt to &q

By listening to the American people, Republicans have developed a positive agenda to get our country back on track. We&#39re calling it A Better Way.A Better Way would not only restore American leadership in the world, it would generate a healthy expansion of our economy that would increase job oppo

I&#39m Senator Rob Portman. I&#39m here in Ohio today to talk to you about an epidemic in my state: the growing problem of addiction to heroin and prescription drugs. But it&#39s not just in Ohio. Sadly, it&#39s everywhere.With an average of more than 120 Americans dying every single day from overdo

Hi, I&#39m Kevin Cramer. You know, everyone loves to celebrate success. And that&#39s what I am doing today as I speak to you from Grand Forks, North Dakota, where the University of North Dakota College of Engineering and Mines has just dedicated a cutting-edge collaborative energy research complex.

Hello, I&#39m Congressman Tom Price.Ever since President Obama and a Democrat-led Congress passed Obamacare six years ago, the law&#39s failures have been piling up. You know the stories. Premiums and deductibles going through the roof. Patients losing their doctors. Millions of people getting insur