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I am appalled at the offensive decision by the Houston VA Cemetery Director to purge American citizens of their rights to free speech and religion. Her attempts at religious censorship on veterans' cemetery grounds only adds to the pain that grieving families feel when laying to rest loved ones who have fought and died for the very same freedoms she now denies. I am equally appalled that this administration is attempting to defend her actions in court. This is an affront to all veterans, and to the constitutional and historic foundations of our nation, which I reject.

"Not only has this president made it more difficult to produce energy in America, making us more dependent on foreign countries, now he is depleting our reserves by releasing four percent to the world market. Once again, this president puts the needs of foreign countries ahead of our own. The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was established for emergencies that threaten our national security, not for a political crisis."

"The president should extend deployment indefinitely until we bring in enough federal agents and resources to secure the border. Right now we are nowhere close. The cartels have operational control over much of the border and we've seen a trend over the past year of our state and local law enforcement being shot at and assaulted on a regular basis. This is a war and the administration needs to recognize it and treat it as such."

"I commend the SEC for its determination that those who were swindled out of their hard-earned money by the Stanford Group should qualify for protected 'customer' status under the Securities Investor Protection Act. As I stated before the Financial Services Committee last month, this status is necessary to fulfill what I believe is our obligation to help the victims in this case recover as much as they can. These are families, many of them retired, who in many cases trusted Stanford with their life savings, only to have it disappear and be left with nothing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Symantec Corp., a global leader in security, storage and systems management solutions, awarded Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) its Cyber 4 Award for excellence in federal cybersecurity policy, specifically recognizing his “strong leadership, innovative approaches and willingness to go above and beyond to make a difference”.

VIDEO: Did Pakistan Give Bin Laden Safe Haven?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of State has not released information to Congress required by law detailing what Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and ten other countries are doing to eliminate safe havens for terrorists, and what those countries are doing to prevent terrorists from reconstituting their efforts to attack the United States.