Mac Thornberry
Mac Thornberry
William McClellan Thornberry, known as Mac Thornberry, is the U.S. Representative from the Texas Panhandle. He has served since 1995, when the House seated its first Republican majority in forty years and signed the "Contract with America" that was authored by former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 June 1958
CountryUnited States of America
growth quality progress
Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.
country organization waste
I am particularly disturbed that our country is the largest financial supporter of an organization that not only wastes a lot of our money but also seems to be increasingly anti-American in its policies and conduct.
war challenges trying
The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.
light goes-on fuel
In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
years alive passing
Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive.
limits sticks sand
And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are somehow safer if we limit our options seems to me not only foolish but actually dangerous.
july calendars fourth
No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.
war ideas tactics
Mr. Speaker, I agree with those who say that the Global War on Terrorism is actually a Global War of Ideas and that terrorism is one of the tactics used in that War.
children opportunity parent
The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.