In this week's address, Congressman Lee Terry urges President Obama to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. It's been more than 1,600 days since the application has been submitted, and it has overwhelming support in the House and filibuster-proof support in the Senate. It will create thousands of American jobs and secure more domestic [...]  More

WASHINGTON, DC - House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement on ObamaCare’s three-year anniversary: "In the three years since ObamaCare was forced through Congress, Americans have grown more disappointed with the broken promises of a government takeover of healthcare – higher cos [...]  More

ObamaCare’s Not So Happy AnniversaryThis week marked the third anniversary of Obamacare, and with it comes a reminder that the bill Democrats shoved down the American people’s throat in 2010. Unfortunately for Democrats, Americans still have a bitter taste.·          Only 37 percent o [...]  More

In a recent speech on the floor, Senator Reid (D-NV) claimed that the Senate had helped reduce the deficit saying, “In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion.” Politifact was quick to call the Senator on his blatantly false claim. Harry Reid says deficit has been reduced by $2.5 trillion in past two years Poli [...]  More

This week, House Republicans will vote on our balanced budget, the "Path to Prosperity." We'll vote to cut wasteful spending and reform government in a responsible way, not fuel more spending with tax hikes. Learn more here: http://GOP.gov/budget   More

The President's brackets are always on time. His budgets? No so much.   More

In this week's address, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) discusses House Republicans' responsible plan to balance our budget in 10 years. Next week, we'll vote on a budget that cuts wasteful spending, fixes the tax code with lower rates and closed loopholes, and clears the way for patient-centered reforms in America's health care system. [...]  More

Chairman of the House Budget Committee Paul Ryan (R-WI) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address tomorrow, Saturday, March 16. Here's a behind the scenes photo of Chairman Ryan delivering the address, in which he'll discuss the importance of a balanced budget. House Republicans are the only ones to submit a budget that balances, as it remains a [...]  More

Before President Obama travels to Chicago this afternoon to propose his idea of diverting $2 billion in revenue from federal oil and gas leases over the next decade to pay for research on advanced vehicles, let’s revisit the President’s previous green energy efforts.Obama’s Green Energy Record • $535 million federal loan to [...]  More

Here Are the Facts This afternoon at a press conference, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi questioned the value of building the Keystone Pipeline – doubting how many jobs it would actually create and how much growth it would provide to the U.S. economy. She went on to say, “Why can't we just have a discussion on the facts?" Here are th [...]  More

Today, House Republicans met with President Obama to discuss the issues facing our nation. We remain committed to passing a balanced budget, which is crucial to creating more jobs and opportunity for all Americans.   More

Last night in an interview on ABC News with George Stephanopoulos, President Obama said that his goal for the budget was to “grow the economy” and “put people back to work.” House Republicans hope that this is truly the case, as the American Action Forum is out with a new study this morning which indicates that a balanced b [...]  More

It's time to #CutWaste by choosing our national security over vacant federal properties: http://j.mp/W9O8vI   More

Today at the White House Press Briefing, Jay Carney admitted that the President’s budget will not achieve balance.  JONATHAN KARL: When we say balanced, you don’t mean balanced – JAY CARNEY: I mean a balanced approach to deficit reduction that includes asking everyone to pay their share. KARL: But it will not be a balanced b [...]  More

The Capitol is still open for tours. Book one today or contact your Member of Congress.   More

Every budget the President has submitted never balances. We agree with his talk of cutting wasteful spending and producing a responsible budget, but he can't walk the walk.   More

Senate Democrats are set to unveil their budget this Wednesday. Among the things expected in this new budget are higher taxes and no real effort to decrease the deficit. “They have signaled that their budget will do more to raise revenue than to cut spending and that it will not end deficits.” (Senate Dems strain to get budget over fin [...]  More

Obama Team ClaimsFact Checkers Say“The janitors, the security guards, they just got a pay cut, and they’ve got to figure out how to manage that. That’s real.” Barack Obama,  March 1, 2013  “This error is particularly bad--and nerve-wracking to the janitors and security guards who were misled by the [...]  More

Here's a look at the storm from @SpeakerBoehner's balcony at the @USCapitol: Click here for a large version  More

House Republicans met with 20 young leaders to discuss solutions to tackling our nation's debt and how we can preserve America's future. Watch a highlight video of the meeting below: Watch the full press conference here:   More

USDA instructs: 'Make sure you're not contradicting' the impact of sequestration Politico Jennifer Epstein March 5, 2013 http://j.mp/YUfof5 As the Obama administration tries to make sure its agencies stays on-message about the damaging effects of sequestration, the Agriculture Department’s budget office offered guidance Monday instructing an [...]  More

“The President’s in charge, and he’s got to figure out a way to stop the sequester and I think the symbolism of the last couple weeks hasn’t been great. He’s not really out there leading a new path towards figuring out how to avoid something that he says is a bad idea and promised as a candidate wouldn’t happen. [...]  More

House Republicans are committed to cutting wasteful spending in Washington. The President and Senate Democrats continue to push for higher taxes, but they fail to realize that spending is the problem. Learn more at http://speaker.gov/cutwaste and join the conversation on Twitter with #CutWaste   More

House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivers this week's address, calling on President Obama and Senate Democrats to negotiate a solution to the President's devastating spending cuts, known as the sequester. The President's sequester went into effect March 1st. The Democrat-led Senate has not passed any replacement plan [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address tomorrow, Saturday, March 2. Check out a brief behind the scenes video of Rep. McMorris Rodgers preparing and delivering the address below. You can watch the full address here tomorrow.  Excited to give the Weekly #GOP Address! Watch tom [...]  More