Despite China's emergence as an economic power and all the talk about how America has become a service economy, U.S. manufacturing is alive and well.

Despite China's emergence as an economic power and all the talk about how America has become a service economy, U.S. manufacturing is alive and well. But there is a fly in the ointment -- the U.S. has become dangerously dependent on imports of raw materials needed to keep the economy moving.

Not many people noticed during the run up to the Iowa caucuses and last year's payroll tax fight that a far more important, and potentially game-changing, resolution passed the Senate at the end of 2011.

Fracking technology has the potential to multiply the world's supply of natural gas and emit less in the way of greenhouse gases--unless environmental advocacy groups slow the wheels of change.

If Obama is serious about wanting to increase domestic oil production, he'll move to open up new areas for exploration, and ask Congress to amend statutes that enable third party lawsuits to tie up drilling permits for years.

The Keystone pipeline would create 20,000 American jobs and nearly 120,000 indirect jobs as well as increase revenues for state and local governments along its route. It would be senseless to forfeit such a huge economic stimulus with guaranteed job creation and an estimated $20 billion in revenue at a time when 25 million Americans are looking for work.

By maintaining a focus on encouraging domestic natural gas production, we can make the United States more energy independent, minimize the environmental impact of producing energy and foster economic and job growth.

The Bush administration is busy burying $3 billion underground––the cost of filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its 700-million barrel capacity––without any good reason.