Mac Thornberry — American Politician born on June 15, 1958,

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... (wikipedia)

No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.
We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.
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.
Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.