Several studies have shown that public-sector workers receive higher compensation than their counterparts in the private sector. Although, federal contractors have some of the advantages of private sector workers, in that poor performers can be dismissed and the composition of the contractor workforce altered, it is possible that they are overcompensated just as federal employees are right now.

The U.S. Agency for International Development should take several steps to improve performance, or Congress should distribute its malaria budget to another agency.

Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

The current regime in Iran poses an extraordinary challenge to the safety of the United States and the safety of our democratic allies.

We have made promises in Medicare that cannot be kept, and we have compounded those promises with the Medicare Modernization Act.

Heading off future corrosive conflicts between the United Statesand the EU will necessitate reform of the international trading rules that have enmeshed--and entrapped--both trading superpowers.

For the most part, the U.S. government is indifferent as to whether beneficiaries of American taxpayer dollars are doing business in Iran, so the United States is indirectly subsidizing Iran.

Testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security onU.S. policy in Iran as it relates to democracy promotion, the feasibility of nuclear negotiations, multilateral sanctions, and military options.