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.

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.

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to China this week for yearly strategic consultations, a daring bid for political asylum has highlighted the seething dissent beneath China’s surface stability.

Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on theeffectiveness of the Small Business Administration.

The results of the 2005 World Summit were not at all encouraging and the United States should insist on being honest about the manifest failures of the United Nations to reform itself.

Discontinuing or reducing stock options programs will have an adverse effect on U.S. competitiveness, innovation, and jobs.

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.