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  • The ugly side of the Senate s immigration bill
    May 25, 2007  - No one denies the urgent need to reform our immigration system. In fact, I have never met a single person in favor of maintaining the status quo. Our borders and ports of entry are hemorrhaging with legal and illegal immigrants, and we have developed an unfair system that condones lawlessness. Wher... More
  • COLUMN: A fairer way to tax
    Apr 16, 2007  - Ronald Reagan once quipped, “The current tax code is a daily mugging.” Come April, that mugging feels more like armed robbery at the hands of the IRS. While April 15th is known as Tax Day, there’s another important date coming up this month: April 22nd, Tax Freedom Day. You might be surprised to lea... More
  • OP-ED: Access to care the real problem at Walter Reed
    Mar 14, 2007  - Last week, I visited the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. to examine complaints from some of our wounded soldiers stationed there.  Walter Reed has long been a standard-bearer for high-quality military healthcare, so I was eager to understand the problems it currently faces. Med... More
  • OPINION: Mandatory HPV vaccination would go too far
    Feb 28, 2007  - As an OB/GYN physician, I welcomed the development of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus, commonly known as HPV. When the Food and Drug Administration approved the Gardisil vaccine in June, it opened the door for millions of young women to be protected against a sexually transmitted disease ... More
  • Column: We need bold leadership on Iraq, not plans to cut troop funding
    Feb 27, 2007  - Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives spent four days debating a two paragraph, non-binding resolution on the Iraq war.  The Democrat leadership crafted this resolution as a “vote of no confidence” in our President: while it holds no force of law, it rebukes President Bush’s tem... More
  • Op-Ed: Solving our Long-Term Care Crisis
    Feb 12, 2007  -  By: U.S. Congressman Phil Gingrey, M.D.While modern medicine is helping us live longer, more active lives, most of us will still require long-term care at some point in our futures. If you think this is an issue only for senior citizens, think again. Much like retirement, Americans need to pla... More
  • OP-ED: Thank you, Mr. President, for siding with life
    Jul 26, 2006  - Science is driven by hope. It is the hope that we can find a new planet, better understand an organism, and potentially cure what ails us that keeps inquiring minds inquiring. Hope is the appeal of stem cell research, too, as this research could hold the key to treating and curing diseases, from Al... More
  • Op-Ed: Enforcement First; Amnesty Never
    Mar 29, 2006  - If millions of healthy 30-year-olds were signing up for Medicare benefits, we'd put a stop to it. If millions of stock brokers were knowingly involved in insider trading schemes, we'd do something about it. And if millions of upper-class Americans were receiving welfare benefits each month, we'd end... More
  • The Path to Victory in Iraq
    Dec 5, 2005  - Published in Roll Call NewspaperMany critics of the war in Iraq seem to have lost sight of the dire importance of our victory over terrorism. Victory in Iraq is a vital national interest to the United States. Iraq is at the forefront of the global war on terror, and our resolve in this fight – or la... More
  • Stop the Panic Pandemic: Reacting to the Bird Flu
    Oct 25, 2005  - Lately, it’s hard to turn on the television or pick up a newspaper without seeing reports of the bird flu. This disease is being closely monitored by the international health community, and the U.S. is taking steps to prepare for the possibility of it reaching our shores. As we develop a national ... More