The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is extremely disappointing. This decision is a jarring blow to our 200-year-old tradition of constitutionally limited government and personal liberty.

The Supreme Court's decision doesn't change the fact that President Obama's health care law is a terrible policy that will impose new taxes, increase the cost of health care and cost our country jobs. It is now up to Congress to repeal Obamacare and enact common-sense reforms that will expand access to affordable, quality health care.

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The Senate passed a bill this week to reauthorize highway spending and flood insurance, but I helped remove a new mandate from the bill that could have cost Pennsylvanians millions of dollars.

This new mandate would have required millions of Americans, including one to two million residents of Pennsylvania, to buy flood insurance even though they are already protected by federally accredited dams and levees.

Thanks to the hard work of Sens. Mark Pryor, John Hoeven, Rep. Bill Shuster and the rest of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation, we were able to successfully remove this unfair new mandate from the highway bill.

This mandate would have unfairly forced many Pennsylvanians to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars each year on insurance premiums even though their communities have already invested in sound flood control protection. Removing this double whammy from the highway bill is a huge win for our state and the millions of Americans across the country who would have been impacted.

Please click here to watch my Senate floor speech on flood insurance.

I stand opposed to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea treaty, an international agreement governing the use of the world's oceans.

The Law of the Sea treaty would compromise the United States' sovereignty by subjecting American navigational rights to an international body that is indifferent, and sometimes opposed, to American interests.

In addition, the treaty would compel the United States to transfer billions of dollars in royalties from oil and gas development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf to the International Seabed Authority, an unaccountable, multinational organization which would disburse these funds to foreign entities -- including many who are openly hostile to the United States.

The United States has the greatest navy in the world, and it has sufficiently protected our navigational rights and freedoms for more than 200 years before the Law of the Sea treaty's existence.

We do not need to rely on an unaccountable international body to secure these rights. Doing so would only jeopardize American interests, including potentially subjecting us to unlimited litigation and liabilities from others around the world who would challenge our domestic environmental policies.

The United States has a long tradition of opposing the Law of the Sea treaty, beginning with President Ronald Reagan's rejection of the treaty in 1982, and we should continue that tradition today.

I appeared on Morning Joe June 18 to discuss the Greek elections and America's economy. To watch my interview, please click the picture above.

Through my Had Enough? public service campaign, I'm asking you to tell me your experiences with unreasonable red tape, government excess and overregulation.

I want to hear how federal agencies have not worked for you and how we in Washington can improve and streamline government. This isn't about disparaging government - it's about helping you, finding solutions, and making the federal government work more effectively for Pennsylvanians.

So if you've Had Enough?, let me hear from you -- please click here to share your experiences with me. I want to hear if a new federal regulation is preventing an employer from expanding and investing in your community; if the federal government is imposing an unfunded mandate on your town; or if new agency rules and regulations are impeding your livelihood.

I look forward to hearing how the federal government can work better for you.

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