If Congress does not pass legislation this year, then the White House will probably begin to focus on that job slot again.

Assuming that efforts to revive S. 852 prove unsuccessful, Congress will be able to consider true asbestos reform legislation. We will continue working with Congress on a medical criteria approach to asbestos reform legislation.

Wal-Mart never gets into something halfway. When they get into something, they go all the way.

Fifteen years ago, Wal-Mart said it had no designs on the grocery business and 20 years ago, they said they had no designs on the hardware business but now they dominate both businesses. You have to judge future action based on past record.

Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance.

In simple terms, we lobby Congress and the executive branch to educate and inform about the impact of legislation, executive actions and other public policy upon the manufacturing economy of this county.