You see, party labels do not ensure unanimity any more than trying to cast the challenge we confront as a people through a partisan prism.

Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.

When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day.

A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?

The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.

The tax relief package enacted in 2001 was central to pulling the economy out of the post 9-11 recession. It's the reason we've got low unemployment and have created more than two million jobs in the last year.