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“I so enjoy beating you people.”
    That was the not-so-humble remark made by your favorite left-wing columnist to a friendly Republican colleague when both returned to work following the election.
    She took it well, though, and even played her part. “I know,” she said.
    But she was smiling.

By Congressman Robert Hurt

This week, after watching the failed roll out of Healthcare.gov take the spotlight, several new and unnerving facts emerged as Congress held hearings to investigate further the inner workings of the Administration’s handling and implementation of the President’s healthcare law. Maintaining and introducing the website should have been the simplest aspect of this complex piece of legislation, and if its failed roll out is any indication, it alarms me to think of what lies ahead.

By Daniel M. Dellinger
 
    During the recent government shutdown many numbers were thrown around. But there is one number that stands out and it has nothing to do with the debate over the federal budget.
    More than one a day. That is how many members of our active-duty military, National Guard and Reserve forces have committed suicide over the last year. Simply put, we are losing more servicemembers by their own hands than we are by the enemy in Afghanistan.