May 1, 2011
Editorials
The rapid explosion of rules, regulations and red tape that has taken place over the last several years has become a serious problem for our country.
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December 19, 2010
Editorials
The legislation to allow the widow and child of U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael Ferschke to come live in the United States was a bill that everyone was for but one that nonetheless ran into one roadblock after another.
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August 1, 2010
Editorials
Below is an editorial I wrote for the Tennessean newspaper in 2010 on the issue of birthright citizenship.
Only 33 nations now grant automatic birthright citizenship, and the United States and Canada are the only two developed countries that do.
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June 4, 2010
Editorials
Slamming on my brakes, I slid from the left lane to the right on into the emergency lane, and then spun back across all three lanes, slamming into the concrete barrier with the side of my car.
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April 8, 2010
Editorials
On Earth Day, what we need in all our environmental policies is a little more balance and common sense.
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November 26, 2009
Editorials
The following piece written by U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. appeared in the Thanksgiving 2009 edition of Blount Today:
October 20, 2008
Editorials
I want to explain why I voted against the Treasury Department’s bailout plan. There really was no good choice. It was going to be bad if we passed it and bad if we did not, but I thought it would be better in the long run not to adopt the socialist approach.
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September 18, 2008
Editorials
I voted against the loan package for Chrysler and General Motors even though I certainly do not want to see either company go under.
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December 1, 2003
Editorials
A few years ago, sitting on the floor of the U.S. House with my friend Rep. Jim Walsh of Syracuse, I said of the member who was speaking: “Curt’s dyed his hair.”
Jim looked at me, very seriously, and said: “Curt’s dad is here?”
People who grew up in East Tennessee, as I did, are accustomed to being teased about our accents.