The latest from the Nationwide Energy Summit: The American Energy Solutions Group (AESG) will hold the last Energy Summit in  Lan Luis Obispo, CA today. See details below: Who:       House Republican Chief Deputy Whip, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) Chair of the San Luis Obispo Energy Summit, Rep. Devin Nunes (CA-21) [...]  More

From the House Republican Conference: After 100 days of ‘stimulus’ we have to ask: Mr. President, are you looking at the same numbers we are? Republicans had a plan that created twice the jobs at half the cost. See it here. Check out the accountability graph here.      More

Indiana political blog Howey Politics Indiana covered yesterday's Energy Summit in Indianapolis. Here is an excerpt of that coverage: "Indiana Republicans from Congress to the Statehouse forecast a stark view of what would happen to the state if President Obama were to sign the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill in anything close to its present form [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence released the following remarks for the Indianapolis Energy Summit: "I am honored to be joined by Rep. Dan Burton, representing the 5th Congressional District of Indiana and parts of the greater Indianapolis area.  Rep. Steve Buyer, is also here today.  He represents the 4th District of Indi [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today after President Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the United States Supreme Court: “The nomination of any individual to the Supreme Court is a historic moment for this country. Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the S [...]  More

House Republicans begin a week of Energy Summits across the country tomorrow in Pittsburgh. After last week's mark up of the Waxman-Markey "cap and tax" bill, Republicans will promote alternative policies to lower energy prices for American families during the summits. Here are the details for tomorrow: "The American Energy Solutions Group (AESG) [...]  More

Rep. Zach Wamp (TN) weighs in on the cap and tax bill: Saddling the American people with a national energy tax when many are already struggling to pay their electricity bills is the wrong approach to solving our nation’s energy challenges. The proposed ‘Cap and Tax’ bill would make our nation less competitive, cause electricity r [...]  More

by Rep. Gregg Harper (MS) As the summer months quickly approach and families across the Third Congressional District start to plan vacations, our state and country continue to struggle with high energy costs. That is why the Democrats’ cap and trade energy plan – which should be called “cap and tax” – is a reckless pr [...]  More

From the office of Rep. Gregg Harper (MS): “I applaud lawmakers for rejecting President Obama’s request for funding to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility,” said Congressman Gregg Harper. “Closing this facility should not even be considered until the administration has a plan to safely detain, prosecute or transfer [...]  More

From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: Boehner: Intelligence Professionals Deserve Better than Speaker’s Stonewalling House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stood by her accusation that our intelligence professionals lied to her and systematically [...]  More

“While Speaker Pelosi may view the CIA misleading Congress as a ‘distraction,’ this is a serious matter of national security.” U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, released the following statement after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood by her comments today that the Central Intelligence [...]  More

CNSNews hit the Hill to ask Congressmen what they thought about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's statement that the CIA "mislead the Congress of the United States." In this clip, Democrat Congressmen Sander Levin (MI), Albio Sires (NJ) and Walt Minnick (ID) are not eager to talk to reporters about the subject. Republican Reps. Trent Franks (AZ), Brian [...]  More

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The Wall Street Journal's Kim Strassel wrote a piece today detailing President Obama's struggle against Republicans and Democrats on the issue of closing Guantanamo Bay prison. Strassel mentions the GOP.gov video released last week, which asked the question, "How does closing Guantanamo Bay make us safer?" Here is an excerpt: On day two of his pre [...]  More

Rep. Steve King (IA) has called for a new Member of Congress to replace Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. He called Pelosi an "enemy of naitonal security." Watch King on Fox News today:   More

From Rep. Dave Reichert's office: Two former Sheriffs, Congressman Dave Reichert (WA-08) and Congressman Brad Ellsworth (IN-08),  joined forces today on the floor of the House of Representatives to call for a moment of silence to honor those law enforcement officers who gave their lives in the line of duty. May 10-16 is National Police week, [...]  More

Washington Post: "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (Calif.) assertion at a press conference this morning that the Bush administration and the Central Intelligence Agency misled her and the Congress regarding the treatment of suspected terrorists adds further fuel to the fire on an issue that has been on a low boil for weeks. Asked whether she was ac [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence spoke today on the Fiscal Year 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Bill: “I rise today in support of the military funding in H.R. 2356, the FY 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Bill.  It will provide nearly $85 billion to support our men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, those [...]  More

Rep. Roy Blunt (MO) released the following statement today: “House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee are reportedly meeting behind closed doors to draft legislation that will unnecessarily lead to a rationing of care for American families and limit the advancement of life-saving treatments.  A government-run system would do [...]  More

By Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC-10)   ACORN, the left-wing political advocacy group, is helping to recruit census takers as a member of the Census Bureau’s Partnership Program.  This is an organization that has proven to be very adept at using government forms to commit fraud.  So the idea of putting millions of census forms in it [...]  More

by Rep. Ed Royce (CA) This afternoon, a top State Department official came before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to present the Administration's budget request for international spending, released last week.  The hearing comes on the heels of new budget numbers projecting an expanding budget deficit.  As the Associated Press reporte [...]  More

*This post originally appeared on the Hill's Congress Blog. by Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN) The Nuclear Waste Fund was established to fund a permanent nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.  To date no repository exists, yet Minnesota ratepayers have already contributed over $375 million in fees for this fund.  Nationwide, over $30 billi [...]  More

*This post was originally posted on the Hill's Congress Blog. by Rep. Pat Tiberi (OH) We’ve been listening to warnings about the looming Medicare and Social Security funding shortfalls. With the latest Trustees Report, indicating that insolvency is expected years earlier than we previously thought, the need to act is even more immediate.&nbs [...]  More

Rep. Roy Blunt is promoting the House GOP's Health Care Solutions Group, which will advocate alternatives to the Democrats’ healthcare proposals that could put bureaucrats between patients and doctors.  Following President Obama's remarks today on health care, Blunt released this statement: “I’ve told the President and White [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today in response to the release of the 2009 Social Security and Medicare Trustees report, which highlights the deteriorating financial condition of the Medicare and Social Security programs: “The American people know we cannot borrow, s [...]  More

By Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (GA)   The “Smith Family” has an expensive house, a new car and they’d never purchase their chic clothes off the discount rack. If they want it, they buy it. Problem is, by the middle of April the Smith Family had spent all of the money they were going to earn during the entire year.   Huge bil [...]  More

*This post originally appeared on the Hill's Congress Blog by Rep. Mike Rogers (MI) I appreciate the opportunity to post on The Detroit News’ Politics Blog. While I’m not able to respond to every question and comment, I am reading them and will try to respond to some. Many comments on my last post were about nuclear energy, so here&rsq [...]  More

From the office of Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ): Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, ranking member of the National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, today cautioned that a change in U.S. policy toward Cuba should not be preconditioned on action by the Cuban government. In a press release: “Our policy toward Cuba has been built on the fau [...]  More

*This post originally appeared on the Hill's Congress Blog by Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (WV) The stimulus package — originally billed to Americans as a “great infrastructure investment” — is now back in the news and reality is not living up to the original rhetoric.  News reports out recently have shed further light on [...]  More

House Leader John Boehner's crew has done a great job rounding up relevant quotes again. This time, they tackled "news of misplaced stimulus spending." In a press release, the office writes that "the government is borrowing 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year." Check out the collection quotes found in op/eds this week: “When it com [...]  More

Rep. Patrick McHenrty, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, Rep. John Mica and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, members of the House Subcommittee on Information, Policy, Census and National Archives  sent a letter to the U.S. Census Bureau regarding it's partnership with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN.) ACORN played a huge role in vo [...]  More

*This post originally appeared on The Hill's Congress Blog by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (UT) Last Friday I had the honor of visiting the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility administered by Rear Admiral David M. Thomas, Jr., USN.  After visiting the facility, I feel strongly that closing Guantanamo Bay would be a mistake. Guantanamo Bay has bee [...]  More

House Republicans today introduced the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act, which aims to stop the transfer or release of terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison into the United States. House Republican Leader John Boehner said this: "This bill has a straightforward but vital purpose: to ensure that the terrorists held in the Guantanamo Bay pr [...]  More

Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY) released a statement today, calling on Congress to come "clean" about coal: “The reality is, implementing a cap and trade program before carbon capture and storage technologies are available would have a devastating impact on the U.S. economy,” Whitfield said. “In my home state of Kentucky, coal not only p [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence spoke said America is a "nation of prayer": “The Father of our Country, George Washington, said on the occasion of the ninth of July, 1776 ‘The blessing and protection of Heaven are at all times necessary, but especially so in times of public distress and danger.’   “Tod [...]  More

by Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN) Small businesses have created about two of every three net new jobs in the U.S. since the early 1970s, yet they are currently under assault in Washington as a misguided Congress seeks to raise their taxes during these difficult economic times. Last Friday, I held a listening session with small business owners from across [...]  More

House Republican Leader John Boehner appeared on Fox News to speak on how House Republicans will cut government waste and keep Americans safe. Find key talking points below the video: BOEHNER ON HOUSE REPUBLICANS’ PLAN TO PROVIDE THE ADMINISTRATION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CUTTING GOVERNMENT WASTE:   “President [Obama] challenged [...]  More

Tomorrow is the National Day of Prayer. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO) released a statement to recognize the day: "Prayer allows each of us the opportunity to reflect and ask for support and guidance from a higher power.  The National Day of Prayer is a testament to the religious freedom we enjoy in our great democracy.”  More

Roll Call today featured a photo from yesterday's National Energy Summit, including House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence, Leader John Boehner, Rep. John Shimkus and Rep. Fred Upton. View the photo of the day here.   More

What Does $3,100 Mean to the Average Family? How much will the Democrats’ national energy tax cost? The Democrats’ national energy tax will confiscate approximately $3,100 per year from hard working families, kill jobs, and lead to more government intrustion. What could the average family do with $3,100 a year? -- A driver could fill t [...]  More

*This post originally appeared on Net Right Nation. by Rep. John Shadegg (AZ)Are you ready for health care rationing?  Are you ready to be told what treatments, medicines, and procedures you can or cannot have?  Because rationing may be coming soon to your doctor’s office or a hospital near you.Last week, Obama economic advisor, La [...]  More

Here is a transcript of this morning's Leadership Press Conference: House Republican Leader John Boehner This week we honor the legacy of our good friend and former colleague, Jack Kemp. Jack was one of those people in our party who believed that it was important that we reach out to all Americans to talk to them about our message of hope and empo [...]  More

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