Advocates for the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program headed to the Hill for a rally today, featuring House Leader John Boehner. Todd Thurman at the Heritage Foundation's the Foundry blog writes: It is still unbelievable to Virginia Walden-Ford, president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, that she has to, once again, fight for this pro [...]  More

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today highlighted the irony of House Democratic Leaders holding a press conference to talk about “protecting Medicare” while pushing legislation that would cut Medicare by $500 billion.  Boehner issued the following statement: Once again today, Democrats are peddling talking points that [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference and the American Energy Solutions Group, made the following statement today after Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA) introduced their “cap and trade” proposal: Back in Indiana and across the country the American people want Congress to focus on th [...]  More

House Republican leaders discuss the jobs, the economy, and health care after their weekly conference meeting:   More

On Wednesday, September 30, the House Republican Policy Committee, in cooperation with the House Republican Conference, will hold an Economic and Employment Summit and will address the concerns and questions of hard-working Americans.   The Summit is co-hosted by Rep. Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference and Rep. Thaddeus [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence had the lead story at Human Events today. Read the following excerpt from "The President's Troubling Trend on the World Stage": On the eve of his address to the United Nations, President Obama warned world leaders meeting in New York City of the “irreversible catastrophe” of climate chang [...]  More

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA) will take part in BlogHer's bi-partisan series of telephone conference discussions to connect women bloggers directly with legislators. The call will happen this Wednesday, September 30th at 12:30 p.m. EDT. BlogHer has an extensive network of female bloggers from all interests and political beliefs. If you are a b [...]  More

From the office of Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY): Citing cries from people across the country asking Congress to craft new legislation to overhaul the nation’s healthcare system, U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01) called on the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week to reconsider the bill previously passed by the Committee and deliver [...]  More

The Wall Street Journal's John Fund wrote a telling piece this weekend: "Congress Needs a 72-Hour Waiting Period." See the following excerpt: Polls show overwhelming agreement outside the Beltway that it's more important for Congress to get health-care reform done right than done quickly. A Polling Company survey conducted last month found 95% agr [...]  More

Watch Rep. Trent Franks (AZ) give a statement today on the House Floor regarding the announcement today at the G20 summit that Iran has been covertly operating a 'new' underground uranium enrichment facility at Qom, Iran, in addition to the enrichment facility at Natanz:   More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement after Vice President Joe Biden declared, with regards to the Democrats’ so-called stimulus plan, “In my wildest dreams, I never thought it would work this well”: Unless the Vice President’s measure of stimulus success is t [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference and member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following statement today after Iran revealed the development of a secret nuclear facility: Iran’s revelation of a secret nuclear facility is disturbing yet not unexpected.  Iran has deceived the world [...]  More

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI), Ranking Republican on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, made the following statement at the preconference meeting on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2010: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Armed Services Committee and the Intelligence Committee share jurisdiction on a range of critical national sec [...]  More

Rep. Kevin Brady (TX) posted on the Foundry blog today. Read the following excerpt on "Trade Critical to the U.S. Economy": When President Obama touches down in Pittsburgh for the G-20 Summit he has a chance to lead on trade policies that will level the playing field for American workers and small businesses. Trade is critical to U.S. economic gr [...]  More

Rep. Dave Reichert (WA) published a post today on RedState. Here is an excerpt: So often during the health care debate we’ve heard: “If you like it, you can keep it.” But who’s heard of this significant exception: “unless you’re a senior with a Medicare health plan”? The non-partisan Congressional Budget [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement on the House floor today drawing attention to the anti-Israel comments spoken at the U.N. Summit yesterday: Following the defeat of tyranny throughout Europe in 1945, and in the ashes of the Holocaust, the United Nations was born. It was formed t [...]  More

by Rep. Paul Broun (GA) Iran’s despotic dictator, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived on U.S. soil yesterday.  By law, the United States is required to allow foreign personnel to travel to the U.N. complex and its surrounding vicinity.  Disturbingly, there is not a consistent standard of permissible access to Manhattan for diplom [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (IN) published an op/ed today in the The Washington Times. Read an excerpt of "Protecting Confidential Sources" here: In this great nation, it falls on each generation of Americans to preserve, protect and defend our freedoms. We are at a critical juncture with the freedom of the press in America, an [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today after Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR-02), Rep. John Culberson (R-TX-07) and Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA-03) began circulating a discharge petition that will require the Democrat Majority to give Members of Congress, and the American public, 72 hours to [...]  More

Check out your Republican Leadership Stakeout this morning:   More

Rep. Steve King (IA) today made the following statement after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected GOP calls for an investigation into ACORN. The interlocking financial connections between ACORN and its affiliate organizations are rife with waste, fraud and abuse, yet ACORN has never been investigated by Congress because of ACORN cronies lik [...]  More

From the GOP Leader Blog: Rep. Walden announced this common sense, bipartisan proposal on the House floor this morning:   More

House Republicans have done a great job increasing participation on Twitter. According to a report released by the Congressional Research Service, Republicans double Democrats in posession of Twitter accounts. Politico reports that "congressional Republicans posted 932 messages — or tweets — compared with 255 for Democrats, CRS an [...]  More

Rep. Darrell Issa (CA) wrote a piece for the Washington Examiner today. Please see the following excerpt: In an increasingly familiar display of Carter-era defeatism, President Obama has acquiesced to Russian demands and dismantled long-standing U.S. plans to counter the threat of Iranian missile attacks. The cancellation of military deployments [...]  More

Rep. Steve Scalise (LA) wrote a post recently for the Hill's Congress Blog. See below: As the size of the federal government continues to grow at an alarming rate, the number of czars appointed by President Obama has grown at an equally alarming rate.  Now the proposed government takeover of health care would create a new “Health Care C [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence issued the following statement regarding the State Department’s recent decision not to recognize Honduras’ upcoming presidential elections and revoke the visas of Honduran government officials: Since the dawn of the American experiment, the American cause has been freedom and in that cause America has never [...]  More

Rep. Sue Myrick (NC) delivered the latest Weekly Republican Address. Here's a quote: "These so-called health care reform bills have different names: a public option, a co-op, a trigger. Make no mistake, these are all gateways to government-run health care."   More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence spoke Friday at the Values Voters Conference, sponsored by the Family Research Council. See his remarks below:   More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence published a blog post today -- Constitution Day -- on Townhall. Here is an excerpt: At the outset of every session of Congress, with right hand raised, I join every Member of Congress is taking an oath to support and protect the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic [...]  More

Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC) was published today on Andrew Breitbart's new blog, BigGovernment.com. Read an excerpt of his post here: When ACORN was announced as a national partner with the Census Bureau, I had grave concerns that the accuracy and integrity of the 2010 census would be jeopardized. One of ACORN’s responsibilities would have bee [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today after announcements that the Obama administration will abandon plans to place a missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland after Russia expressed displeasure with the idea: Only a year since Russia invaded Georgia, and 70 ye [...]  More

Rep. Phil Roe (TN) sent a letter to President Obama recently accepting the President's invitation to Members of Congress to "go over line by line" what is in the health care bill. In the letter, Roe writes: I am writing to accept your offer yesterday from your health care town hall meeting in Raleigh to “come over to the White House and go o [...]  More

Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL) recently called ACORN to stop receiving taxpayer funding:   More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence spoke yesterday on the House floor on the House resolution regarding Rep. Joe Wilson (SC):   More

Rep. Darrell Issa (CA) published a blog post today at National Review Online: President Obama wanted to set the record straight on his health-care agenda, so he made a trip to Capitol Hill last week. During his primetime address to a joint session of Congress, the president explained that his “guiding principle is, and has always been, that [...]  More

From the office of House Minority Whip Eric Cantor: In the video we see the Majority (Democrat) Staff Director for the Health Subcommittee for the Committee of Ways and Means testifying on the impacts of the Democrats’ health care legislation. Her testimony and analysis included the word “require” eighty-four times, as she outlin [...]  More

From the office of House Leader John Boehner: House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today is introducing legislation – the Defund ACORN Act – to sever all ties between the federal government and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). At the same time, House Republicans are also sending a letter to Pres [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks at the House Republican leadership press conference today: “I was home in Indiana yesterday – our state was rocked with the news that one of our leading employers, Eli Lilly and Company, was going lay off more than 5,000 employee [...]  More

Rep. Steve King (IA) published a blog post on Red County today. Please see the following excerpt: President Obama’s September 9 address before a joint session of Congress may have been his last chance to salvage his health care plan. Listening to Obama’s speech that night reminded me of the end of a famous poem, Casey at the Bat, about [...]  More

Rep. John Carter (TX) published a blog post on RedState today: "Speaking of Apologies: Hypocrisy Clouds Democrats' Demand for 'You Lie' Apolog." See the following excerpt: It’s time for Democrats to start issuing an apology or two of their own. They’ve spent the past week clamoring for Congressman Joe Wilson’s apology, even thoug [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today on the president’s remarks addressing financial regulatory reform: For more than a year hard-working families have been forced to bailout the bad decisions of Wall Street and the failed policies of the federal government.  The Am [...]  More

Rep. Michael Burgess (TX) and Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN) published an op/ed in the Examiner today. See the following excerpt: Washington Democrats have a plan: Big government stimulus package? Check. Cap and trade national energy tax? Check. They've managed to push through every piece with minimal Republican support or even input. They bring the [...]  More

From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: Just hours after President Obama restated his pledge that Democrats’ costly government-takeover of the nation’s health care system would not add “one dime to our deficits,” a new ABC News-Washington Post poll shows the American people still aren’t buying it &nda [...]  More

  U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today at the National Tea Party “March on Washington:” I am Mike Pence.  I am from Indiana, and it is an honor to welcome the largest gathering of conservatives in American history to your nation’s capitol. There [...]  More

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor published a blog post today on NRO's blog, "The Corner." Read an excerpt here: Rather than moving quickly to reform our health-care system, it’s more important that we get it done right. Such a massive undertaking requires thoughtful and scrupulous consideration because any mistakes — and the damage th [...]  More

House Leader John Boehner (OH): The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 were not just a brutal and deadly assault on innocent Americans; they were an attack on what the United States means to the world.  They were an attack on the very idea that “all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable right, incl [...]  More

Rep. Louie Goehmert (TX) appeared today on Fox News "Your World with Neil Cavuto" to discuss President Obama's speech on health care last night:   More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence gave the following speech from the House floor in support of a bipartisan resolution which remembered the horrific events of September 11, 2001: Thank you Mr. Speaker, I rise in gratitude to the distinguished Majority Leader Mr. Hoyer and the Minority Leader Mr. Boehner for bringing this important resolution to the floo [...]  More

Rep. Eric Cantor (VA) on Good Morning America. Rep. Eric Cantor (VA) on MSNBC. Rep. John Shadegg (AZ) on MSNBC. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN) on MSNBC. Rep. John Shadegg (AZ) on CNN. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (TX) on Fox News. Rep. John Boehner (OH) on MSNBC. Rep. Charles Boustany (LA).    More

Rep. Mike Pence (IN) posted today on the Hill's Congress Blog: Inside Afghanistan are some of the world’s most dangerous terrorists. The Taliban is taking over parts of the country and the more power they gain, the more the United States’ national security is at risk.  This is why I circulated a letter to President Obama from memb [...]  More

The House Republican Conference policy shop produced a document refuting some of the myths perpetuated in President Obama's address to Congress. Included in the document is the subject of illegal immigrants receiving health coverage: Quote:  "There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants.  This, too [...]  More

Several House Repubicans appeared on television today to speak on health care and the President's speech tonight: Rep. Charles Boustany (LA) on CNN. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA) on Fox News. Rep. Mike Pence (IN) on the House floor. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (TX) on Fox News. Republican Leadership at today's stakeout.  More

From The Hill's Blog Briefing Room: The ball is in President Obama's court to reach out to Republicans if he wants a bipartisan bill on healthcare reform, House GOP Leader John Boehner (Ohio) said Monday morning. Boehner told reporters that the president has not invited House GOP leaders to the White House for meetings on healthcare reform since [...]  More

House Republican Leadership today held a press conference focused on President Obama's speech tonight and issues regarding health care. See a video below:   More

Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN) wrote a piece for a new website directed toward conservative and Republican women. AmericanMaggie.com was unveiled today and Bachmann was an excellent female representative to get the ball rolling. Here is an excerpt of "Spending Now only to Spend More Later": We have to face the sad but true reality: Republicans squande [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today in advance of the president’s address to a Joint Session of Congress: Text here: “After a tumultuous month of town hall meetings across the nation, the American people have spoken, and House Republicans are on the side of the [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (IN) continues to vocalize the voice of the American people in an article today in the IndyStar.com: Hoosier Rep. Mike Pence, R-Columbus, the third-ranking GOP leader in the House, has said Democrats need to drop a proposal to create a government-run health-care insurance plan if they want a bipartis [...]  More

From the office of Congressman Darrell Issa (CA): House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released video of a rally that took place today in from of the Department of Education and a statement calling on Congress and the Obama Administration to reauthorize the successful D.C. Opportunity Scholar [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following remarks today on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports regarding President Obama’s upcoming address to a joint session of Congress:   More

From the office of House Leader John Boehner: House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) announced today that Cong. Charles Boustany (R-LA) will deliver a Republican address following the President’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, September 9th.  Boustany, a doctor with more than 20 years of medical experience, ha [...]  More

Rep. Ed Royce (CA) wrote a blog post recently on his site. The post was published on Townhall.com today as well. See the following excerpt: He is wanted by Argentina for a terrorist attack.  He is listed by the E.U. as a person linked to Iran's proliferation activities.  He appears on an Interpol "Red Notice."  He is...Iran's new De [...]  More

It is Conservative Alternative Day at Human Events and House and Senate Republicans have come out in full force to represent Republican solutions to the issues facing America today. See excerpts below: Rep. Tom Price (GA) talks Heatlh Care: Perhaps the most blatant “disinformation” being promulgated in the health care debate this year [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the national unemployment rate reached 9.7 percent in August: President Obama’s assured us that our nation’s unemployment rate would peak below 8% if Congress passed his ‘stimulus& [...]  More

Rep. John Kline (MN) delivered the most recent Weekly Republican Address. Check it out here:   More

Watch it here! Excerpts below: “Republicans are ready to work for comprehensive health care reform. When I went home and did town hall meetings across the state of Indiana, I heard people saying ‘Look, we need health care reform. We need to do something to lower the cost of health insurance for families and small businesses and lower [...]  More

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN) wrote a blog post that was recently published on the Next Right. See an excerpt below: President Obama made a decision very early in the health care debate that doomed the process to failure. He decided to let Congress write the proposed bills, with very little input from the White House. Then he made another decision th [...]  More

From the office of Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC): Last year, Patrick McHenry's annual town hall meetings drew less than 300 people.  This year, 4,980 constituents made their voices heard in standing room-only crowds.  The hot topic: healthcare.  Watch below to see the Congressman on a tour that included 11 town hall meetings in 10 count [...]  More

RedState's Kevin Holtsberry covered the energy summit today in Columbus, Ohio. See an excerpt of his coverage below: You don’t have to be an economist to understand the economic situation.  Unemployment has hit double digits in many states and is growing (in Ohio: 340,000 jobs lost since Ted Strickland and Lee Fisher took office) and ev [...]  More

The American Energy Solutions Group (AESG) and its Chairman, Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, will hold an Energy Summit in Columbus, Ohio today with leading energy experts to be hosted by Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) to discuss solutions to America’s energy challenges.   The AESG has hosted several [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (IN) appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" this morning. See the clip here and read excerpts below: JOE SCARBOROUGH: Do you think health care reform is dead?   REP. PENCE: Well, I hope not. I really believe that we ought to take some bipartisan action to lower the cost of health insurance, and to lo [...]  More