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From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: The Democratic leadership in Congress appears determined to produce a costly, job-killing health care bill that few outside the Washington Beltway support.  For evidence, one need only look at the long list of common-sense changes House Republicans proposed this month while the bill was [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today on the Democrat health care plan: House Republicans support health care reform that will lower the cost of health care for every American and in particular that will lower the cost of health insurance to small businesses, family farmers a [...]  More

House Republican women, lead by House Republican Conference Vice-Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, spoke out Friday against the public option health care plan proposed by President Obama. Check out the video of the press conference. Kristan Hawkins, the woman who speaks at about 6:20 in, has an especially powerful story about her son, who has Cystic F [...]  More

This evening, Congressman Ron Klein (D-FL) and Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Congressional Taskforce Against Anti-Semitism, will lead 25 of their colleagues on a tour of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.   Klein and Pence arranged the tour for Members of Congress and their families to experience the po [...]  More

Truth #20:  Lights off in Homes, but Lights on for Art What the bill does:  Mandates that light fixtures, intended to display art, have no more than three sockets and base the light-bulb wattage on the number of sockets.  (H.R. 2454, Sec. 211, p. 421.)   What this means for Americans:  According to President Obama energy [...]  More

Rep. Connie Mack (FL) published a piece today in Human Events, titled "Freedom Matters for Honduras." Here is an excerpt: The Obama administration and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can no longer be considered a “neutral broker” in the current state of affairs in Honduras. Here’s why. For the past few days, the Administratio [...]  More

Rep. John Shadegg (AZ) was recently interviewed at the blog, Right Wing News. He talked about everything from health care to earmarks. Here is an excerpt of the answer to the first question, on heatlh care: ...In Canada where they have a single payer government run system they ration care, people wait in very long lines....and in England they rati [...]  More

Rep. Pete Olson (TX) recently wrote a blog post expressing why a minimum wage increase will hurt the economy. Read a excerpt here: Today, another burden is being placed on America’s small businesses. Effective on this date is the third installment of the increase of the minimum wage that was passed in 2007. Once again, our federal government [...]  More

House Republican Conference Vice-Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA) gave last week's Weekly Republican Address. Watch her address, which was focused on health care:   More

Truth #19:  Federal Government: If It Works, We’ll Replace It What the bill does:  Provides taxpayer resources, $1.8 billion between 2011 and 2013 and then “such sums as may be necessary,” to establish a program to be known as the “Best-in-Class Appliances Deployment Program.” This money provides bonus paym [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement after the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives defeated an amendment offered by Congressman Pence that would have denied taxpayer funding to the abortion provider, Planned Parenthood: How the federal government spends taxpayer money say [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, gave the following speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today regarding his amendment to defund Planned Parenthood: I rise in support of the Pence amendment and I welcome the opportunity to debate my distinguished colleague on the topic on the floor and w [...]  More

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MI) recently published a guest post on the blog, Red County. Please see an excerpt of "Government Controlled Health Care is Unacceptable": We can all agree that health care costs in America are out of control and coverage and care must be made more affordable. I am committed to making sure that any health care reform lower [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence recently offerered an amendment to rid Planned Parenthood of taxpayer funding. The amendment will be voted on Friday. CNSNews reports: An amendment introduced to strip Planned Parenthood of its  taxpayer funding has passed the Rules Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and is up for a [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today in support of the House Republican Financial Regulatory Reform plan: The American people are hurting and the last thing they want is more bailouts from Washington. They recognize that providing a hand-out to failing businesses really means [...]  More

From the House Energy and Commerce Committee: “Democrats and the Obama administration argue that the $245 billion included for doctors — the approximate 10-year cost of adjusting Medicare reimbursement rates so physicians don't face big annual pay cuts — does not have to be counted in the overall cost of the health care bill. Th [...]  More

From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: Following are just some of the discredited claims the President repeated tonight:   CLAIM: “I have also pledged that health insurance reform will not add to our deficit over the next decade – and I mean it.”   FACT:  On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s press conference tonight: The last thing this country needs during the worst recession in a generation is a trillion dollar co-pay that will kill jobs, raise taxes, and force millions of hard-working Americans [...]  More

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Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN) and Rep. Phil Roe (TN) published at piece today at Real Clear Politics, regarding the failure of TennCare, a medicaid program created in 1994 for the state of Tennessee. See the following excerpt: Tennessee was home to a failed attempt at universal single payer care, and has lessons to teach a President who has promised [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pencegave the following speech from the floor of the U.S. House, announcing that he had filed an amendment to deny federal funding through Title X Family Planning to Planned Parenthood: "The time has come to deny any and all federal funding to Planned Parenthood of America. The largest abortion provider i [...]  More

Truth #17:  Taxpayer Sponsored Infomercials What the bill does:  Authorizes taxpayer money to be used by the Secretary of Energy to carry out a national education program to raise public awareness about the potential of “mechanical insulation” to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  The government will prom [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to discuss Jobs and the Democrat health care bill this morning. Here is an excerpt of Congressman Pence speaking about the economy: "Good morning, guys. Well the back and forth yesterday was that House Republicans took to the floor and held the floor for about three [...]  More

The House Republican Conference recently published a document, including these facts: Has the President Really “Rescued the Economy?” The facts paint a different picture. White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel:  “Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, said in an interview that the president intended to use it as a [...]  More

Truth #16: Taxpayer-Funded “Carbon Content” Labels What the bill does: Authorizes $25 million of taxpayers’ money each year, for the next fifteen years, to establish a national product carbon disclosure program.  The program may include a product carbon label disclosing the “carbon content” of the product being [...]  More

The GOP.gov "Policy Watch" page holds Democrats accountable for their actions. In our latest installment, we tackle them on the stimulus bill. Today, 134 House Republicans spoke on the House floor, asking President Obama, where are the jobs? "Policy Watch" notes that "reality trumps White House predictions" when it comes to jobs in America. Check [...]  More

House Republican Leadership held a press conference this morning. See the video footage and excerpts of leader remarks below. See the entire transcript here. House Republican Leader John Boehner: ...why do we have to have the government in charge of our healthcare? We don’t need this big bureaucracy here in Washington to control what kind [...]  More

Roll Call featured a photographt today of House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence and Congressman Charles Boustany, M.D. (LA): Photo: Roll Call  More

Truth #15: Subsidizes Studies on Human Behavior What the bill does: Authorizes “such sums as may be necessary” to research American energy consumption behavior. This taxpayer funded research is designed to identify potential energy savings, as well as to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, through changes in energy consumption habits.&nb [...]  More

Rep. Joe Pitts (PA) appeared on America’s Newsroom on Fox News Channel to discuss the hidden abortion mandate in the House Democrats’ healthcare reform plan. In this clip, the Congressman makes important points about what the bill will do: "...if you as a private person purchasing private insurance coverage elect not to have abortion c [...]  More

Rep. John Shadegg (AZ) was recently interviewed on the grassroots blog site, Smart Girl Politics. He spoke largely about the new health care bill he is co-sponsoring, the Improving Health Care for All Americans Act. Here is a small part of that interview: This week, I introduced a truly patient-focused alternative, the Improving Health Care for Al [...]  More

The House Republican Conference has compiled a list of important numbers relevant to the House Democrats’ 1,018-page “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act:” 114 million—Number of individuals who could lose their current coverage under the bill, according to non-partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group.   4.7 mill [...]  More

ABC's Jake Tapper reported on Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Peter Orzag's response to whether or not taxpayer dollars would fund abortions in the governmnent-run health insurance program proposed by President Obama. Orzag's answered, "I think that that will wind up being part of the debate...I am not prepared to say explicitly tha [...]  More

Truth #14: No Household Appliance is Safe from Government Regulation What the bill does: The bill authorizes taxpayer dollars to subsidize the replacement of wood stoves or pellet stoves that do not meet government mandated performance standards intended to reduce “particulate matter emissions.”  Taxpayer dollars would subsidize [...]  More

by Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN) *First posted on Congressman Paulsen's blog here. We are losing jobs at an alarming rate.  Unemployment is now at 9.5% and is expected to increase, which means more and more families will struggle to make ends meet. In fact, President Obama has now acknowledged that unemployment will continue to “tick up for s [...]  More

House Republicans published guest posts on a variety of conservative blogs this week. The following includes a sampling of those posts. Doctors Encouraged to Stand-Up to the AMA by Rep. Charles Boustany. M.D. (LA) Red County Today, the American Medical Association announced its support for H.R. 3200, a health care overhaul that includes a new, gov [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following foreign policy remarks today at the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute: (As prepared for delivery) "Thank you Lincoln for that kind introduction. As many of you know, Congressman Diaz-Balart brings an important voice to the United States Congress [...]  More

Rep. Joe Barton (TX), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released a telling statement today regarding the committee's mark up of the Democrats' proposed health care bill: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The president and many others on your side of the aisle say that we must rush through health reform because it is the key to econ [...]  More

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY) will be following the mark up of the health care debate on her recently launched Tumblr site. You can follow the conversation here. Check out an excerpt of her first entry: There is no doubt we must reform America’s healthcare system. Too many people in Wyoming – including ranchers, small business owners and sm [...]  More

Truth #13: Higher Energy Rates to Pay for Bike Paths in Senegal What the bill does: The federal government will provide free carbon emission allowances to foreign governments, NGOs or private entities, who would in turn sell these allowances to utility companies and use the proceeds from the sales to support projects in developing countries.  [...]  More

From the office of Rep. Steve King (IA): Congressman Steve King (R-IA) today signed the Let Freedom Ring Health Care Reform Pledge. The Pledge is available [here.] By signing, Congressman King pledges to oppose any health care proposal he has not read and that is not publicly available for at least 72 hours before a vote in Congress. King’s [...]  More

Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA) recently became one of few Republican posters at the Huffington Post. His piece, "Earmarks Should Require an Itemized Receipt" is excerpted here: When our teenage son shops online with our credit card, my wife and I expect to see an itemized receipt. We trust him. He's a good, upstanding young man. The itemized receipt confi [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence released the following statement regarding H.R. 3170, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2010: It is morally wrong to take the taxpayer dollars of hundreds of thousands of Washington, D.C. residents who cherish the right to life and use them to fund abortions. I am deeply disturbed that [...]  More

by Rep. Chris Lee (NY) The Buffalo News has it exactly right in its editorial on the stimulus today when it states that the program “contains many components that, whatever may be said in their defense, have little to do with putting Americans back to work.” Take for instance the road signs that promote the stimulus. You’ve pro [...]  More

Rep. Joseph Cao (LA) was recently interviewed by Glenn Reynolds (aka Instapundit) on PJ TV, a compartment of Pajamas Media. They talked about health care, disaster relief, and Republican strategy for coming elections. Watch the whole thing here.   More

Rep. John Carter (TX) wrote a piece today for Human Events regarding the way Republicans have often been shut out of the debate on major issues since the Democrats took over. He notes the following: ...Nancy Pelosi and her House Democrats have chosen to ignore the rule on every major issue taken up by the House this year, including: The American [...]  More

Rep. Dave Camp (MI) wrote a blog post recently opposing the Democrats approach to health care. Please see the following excerpt: In 1994, as we debated health care reform, the full Ways and Means Committee spent 17 days over six weeks conducting our markup.  This year, our markup will last a day – maybe two at most. More importantly, i [...]  More

Truth #12: Attempts to save trees in the Congo while forcing Americans to pay more for energy What the bill does: Requires carbon emission allowances to be distributed by the Environmental Protection Agency to countries, public or private groups, or international funds each year for 2012 through 2025.  These allowances would be sold to suppo [...]  More

Rep. Steve King (IA) put out a statement today regarding the Democrats health care reform proposal. King noted that the plan  will tax small businesses to pay for the government takeover of the health care system. Here are his remarks: What separates the American health care system from others in the world is the relationship between patients [...]  More

From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: Democrats are singing their same old tune, “tax the rich” to pay for their government takeover of health care.  But small business owners pay their businesses’ taxes on their individual tax returns (as opposed to the corporate income tax).  So the Democrats’ [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence released the following statement in response to the news that the Democrat-majority Rules Committee had rejected the ‘Broadcaster Freedom Amendment’ which would have prevented the Federal Communications Commission from reinstating the so-called ‘Fairness Doctrine’ and enacting proposed broadcast [...]  More

Rep. Charles Boustany, M.D. (LA) was a heart surgeon for 14 years before being elected to Congress. His expertise on health care matters has been helpful as plans for reform move forward. His commentary on the issue was featured on CNN's health section today. Please see the following excerpt: Americans deserve the best health care system in the wo [...]  More

Rep. Geoff Davis (KY) wrote his weekly newsletter this week on "The Hidden Health Care Cost of Cap and Trade." Here is an excerpt: In June, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi successfully forced passage of controversial cap and trade legislation (H.R. 2454) that will cost American families thousands of dollars each year in new energy costs.  This leg [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today after House Democrats introduced their proposal for so-called health care reform: The American people have no stomach for a government takeover of health care that will lead to fewer jobs, higher taxes and less health coverage.  Yet th [...]  More

Truth #11: Liberal Democrats Tell Real Estate Appraisers How to do Their Jobs What the bill does: Mandates federal standards for state certification of real estate appraisers to ensure that appraisers consider, and are qualified to consider, renewable energy sources or energy efficiency and conservation improvements in determining the value of th [...]  More

Rep. Tom Price, M.D. (GA), chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), recently introduced the Reducing Barack Obama's Unsustainable Deficit Act. He was joined  by RSC Budget and Spending Taskforce Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (OH) and RSC Financial Services Working Group Chairman Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ). Here is what the Act does: -- Repea [...]  More

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor published a guest post on the conservative blog, RedState, today. Here is an excerpt of "Getting Americans Back to Work": Is there any doubt that President Obama’s economic policies have failed to generate the jobs and healthier economy that they were sold on?  Ask the unemployed worker in Canton, Ohio, w [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence joined Congressman Greg Walden of Oregon in introducing the Broadcaster Freedom Amendment to the Financial Services Appropriations Bill which would prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstating the so-called ‘Fairness Doctrine’ or proposed broadcast localism regulations during the next [...]  More

Truth #10: Raises Electricity Prices and Kills Jobs What the bill does:  The bill mandates a “cap” on carbon emissions, while providing a percentage of carbon-emission “allowances” to the electricity sector. These allowances will be arbitrarily allocated by the authors of the legislation and will decline each year unt [...]  More

Rep. Mike Conaway (TX) regularly produces a podcast for his website. The latest installment covers appropriations. You can take a listen here. Congressman Conaway is also hosting a tele-townhall tonight at 6:40 p.m. Central Time. If you'd like details on how to participate, click here.   More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to discuss the continued failure of the Democrats’ so-called stimulus plan: As most Americans know, in February of this year this Democrat Congress and this Administration passed a $1 [...]  More

The Congressional Health Care Caucus, chaired by Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D. (TX), will hold an event today called "Engaging the Public: Involving Americans in the Health Care Debate." The event, which takes place at 11:30 a.m. EDT, will featured Rep. John Fleming, M.D. (LA), Amy Menefee of Americans for Prosperity and Patients First, John Hoff of [...]  More

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) joined Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) in support of H.Res 373, a resolution that raises awareness for Hydrocephalus, a potentially life threatning condition affecting one in every 500 births. The resolution will mark September as “National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month.” Michael and Kim Illions and founded the P [...]  More

Truth #9: Taxpayer Dollars to Help Developing Countries “Adapt” to Climate Change What the bill does:  Requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with USAID, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Environmental Protection Agency, to establish an International Climate Change Adaptation Program.  This new program will sup [...]  More

From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Ohio yesterday in the Washington Democrats’ latest attempt to defend their trillion-dollar “stimulus” spending plan that isn’t working.  But like the rest of the nation, Ohio knows that the Administration’s promises that [...]  More

Rep. Spencer Bachus (AL) wrote a guest post for the conservative blog, Red County. Please check out an excerpt from "Diverting TARP Funds to Failed Housing Agenda": Two days ago the Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the Democrats’ TARP for Main Street bill that will divert billions of dollars from TARP to fund their failed housi [...]  More

Rep. Joe Wilson (SC) wrote a guest blog post for RedState today. Here is an excerpt: Vice President Joe Biden recently told the American people that the Obama Administration misread the economy when putting together their nearly $1 trillion spending package.  Clearly, this administration made many serious mistakes when putting together their [...]  More

Rep. John Kline (MN) published a guest post on the conservative blog, America's Right today. Here is an excerpt of "Republicans Have the Policies to Get Your Jobs Back": For those of us in Washington concerned about job creation, the first Friday of each month has always been a notable occasion. That’s when the U.S. Department of Labor issue [...]  More

 U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement on the House floor today regarding President Obama’s recent statement that the economic stimulus “has done its job”: At the close of last year it was obvious America was sliding into a serious recession, and to this very d [...]  More

From the office of House Leader John Boehner: On ABC’s Good Morning America, the Democrats’ trillion-dollar “stimulus” spending bill that isn’t working was the top story today, as White House correspondent Jake Tapper highlighted our nation’s rising unemployment and growing dissatisfaction with the Democrats&rsq [...]  More

Rep. Tom Price, M.D. (GA) wrote the lead piece at Human Events today. Here is an excerpt from "We Can Win On Health Care.": Few if any political proposals in our lifetime will impact our lives in such a personal way as the government takeover of health care sought by the President and Democrats in Washington. If health care reform is taken down th [...]  More

RedState's Rob Bluey highlighted the recent video produced by the House Republican Conference: Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), chairman of the House Republican Conference, attacked Obama’s July 1 claim that the stimulus had “done its job” in a new web video that promotes a GOP alternative. Unlike other issues where Republicans capit [...]  More

Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D. (TX) on President Obama's health care reform: Key excerpts: -- "Some of the things like health savings accounts and health reimbursement accounts may not even be qualified coverage under some of the Democratic plans so that a person would have to pay a fine in order to keep their insurance. Kind of makes a mockery out o [...]  More

The House Committee on Natural Resources, headed by ranking member Rep. Doc Hastings (WA), has joined Twitter. We hope you will keep up with the Committee by following them at Twitter.com/NatResourcesGOP. While you are at it, don't forget to follow us at Twitter.com/GOPConference.  More

GOP.gov just released a new video on jobs lost since the Democrats' stimulus bill was passed. Check it out:   More

Rep. Darrell Issa (CA), ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on today's stimulus hearing: When Vice President Biden was asked to justify the Administration’s stimulus job promises in the face of economic reality, he admitted that the Administration “misread the economy.” This misreading, however, [...]  More

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (FL) recently wrote on the Democrats' National Energy Tax in the St. Petersburg Times: I do not like to complain about process, but unbelievably this bill was not even complete before the vote took place. In fact, pages of text were in piles being passed around the speaker's desk by clerks. Who knows what we voted on? Member [...]  More

by Rep. Adrian Smith (NE) Last week, as part of the 2009 American Energy Tour, I and other Members of Congress toured parts of America’s Outer Continental Shelf.  We received energy briefings from the Minerals Management Service regarding offshore drilling and leasing processes as well as had the opportunity to learn more about offshore [...]  More

Uses American Tax Dollars to Plant Trees What the bill does: Authorizes such “sums as may be necessary” to cover up to 50% of the cost of tree planting programs by retail power providers.  To receive taxpayer-funded support, the trees must increase shade during the summer months or protect from wind during the fall and winter mon [...]  More

From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: House Democrats are set to consider legislation this week that would provide cover for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) while risking the cover and safety of our own intelligence professionals working to protect Americans. During committee consideration of the FY 2010 Intelligence Authorization [...]  More

The Medical Society of the District of Columbia have invited physicians currently serving in Congress to participate in a town hall meeting to discuss the health reform legislation currently debated in Congress. This forum – Reforming America’s Health: From Diagnosis to Prescription – will give physicians, nurses, and patients th [...]  More

Truth #5: Taxpayer-Funded Mobile Homes What the bill does: The Democrats’ national energy tax requires electricity providers and gasoline distributers to purchase from the federal government carbon emission “allowances.”  The federal government will then offer “allowances” to states that provide tax-rebates of u [...]  More

From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: In a preview of what Americans can expect from Democrats during the upcoming health care debate, on Fox News Sunday yesterday House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) doubled-down on their insistence on a government takeover – which they call a “public option” – as pa [...]  More

Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D. (TX)  in the Hill: I was pleased that the question on medical justice reform I submitted via YouTube for the White House town hall on health care was selected to be asked of President Obama. Even more so, I was pleased to hear that President Obama and I share the common goal of reducing medical liability insurance r [...]  More

The Daily Truth about the Democrats’ National Energy Tax Truth #3: Creates the Largest Welfare Program in Our Nation’s History What the bill does: The bill (H.R. 2454) requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide monthly cash payments, or “energy stamps”, to low-income households for their estimated &ldq [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement to today’s announcement that June unemployment reached 9.5 percent: At a time when families are struggling to make ends meet, the rising unemployment rate is further evidence that we cannot borrow and spend and bail our way [...]  More

House Republican leader and his job-sniffing GOP bloodhound, Ellie Mae:   More

Truth #2: Democrats Want Fannie and Freddie to do to our National Energy Policy what They Have Done to the Housing Market What the bill does: The House-passed energy bill provides additional credit for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to advance energy efficient and “location-efficient" mortgages.   The bill also authorizes the U.S. Dep [...]  More

Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D. (TX) offered a question to President Obama for the health care townhall today:   More

Fox News continued their reports this week on the job killing cap and tax energy bill, which passed the House late Friday evening. Check out the coverage, featuring House Republican Leader John Boehner's speech urging Congress not pass the bill:   More