When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the ‘Waco hearings,’ conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking. Bob Barr Read Quote
Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields – in medicine and information technology – should not be overlooked. Bob Barr Read Quote
The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody. Bob Barr Read Quote
The average American returning from a trip abroad likely – and understandably – assumes the contents of his or her electronic device does not come close to meeting the threshold of ‘criminal’ activity, such as would give a government agent the right to seize and peruse their iPad just because they are returning from a vacation. Bob Barr Read Quote
History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis – real or manufactured. Bob Barr Read Quote
People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles. Bob Barr Read Quote
Unfortunately, most gun control advocates are not really interested in rational debate, and their political games simply send Alice chasing white rabbits down holes. Bob Barr Read Quote
The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power. Bob Barr Read Quote
For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting ‘experts’ that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer. Bob Barr Read Quote
The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word ‘No.’ Bob Barr Read Quote
