Speaker Boehner announced today that Congressman Pat Meehan (R-PA) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, February 2nd. Here is a behind-the-scenes photo of Rep. Meehan delivering the address, in which he'll discuss the House Republican Plan for America's Job Creators. You can watch the address here on Saturday morning.   More

In the coming weeks, House Republicans will vote on the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, which will support job creation through removing barriers to economic growth. The president's policies have failed, and they're making our economy worse. House Republicans have solutions. We've sent 30 jobs bills to the U.S. Senate to get our cou [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivers the Weekly Republican Address on the president's upcoming State of the Union. "The State of the Union is a time for truth-telling," he says. "And the sad truth is that the president's policies are making our economy worse."  More

Today, President Obama announced that he rejected the Keystone pipeline project permit. It would create thousands of jobs nationwide and grow our economy. It's disappointing that the president puts politics before job creation in America.   More

Via Speaker Boehner: What would you do if you were president and, with one decision, could help create at least 20,000 jobs in the United States?  More

@GOPWhip: #HEAT mbr. Rep. Scalise discusses the negative effects WH energy policies have had on job creation & gas prices. bit.ly/l0Cb13   More

@GOPWhip: Fed up with gas prices? The #GOP is. Check out the new #HEAT video. http://bit.ly/kORIYN   More

Speaker Boehner announced yesterday that Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address tomorrow, Saturday, May 14. Here's a sneak peek of Rep. Martha Roby recording the address, which will focus on how House Republicans are working to lower the cost of energy, and reiterate that Americans will not tolerate an increase in the d [...]  More

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House Republican leaders are introducing legislation this week to speed up energy production in America and push to create thousands of jobs. We cannot continue to rely on foreign oil with gas prices on a steep rise. We can use the resources we have at home and boost our economy with our own American energy policies.   More

@RepJeffDenham: Gas is almost $5 in the 19th district. WATCH my interview on how we can lower gas prices here: http://bit.ly/m09e6d   More

Energy Bill Press Conference: http://on.fb.me/iC1IBP   More

House Republican leaders congratulated the president and our Armed Forces for their successful efforts in killing Osama bin Laden. They also discussed the recent Constituent Work Week where Members heard from their constituents on the necessity for America to be energy independent, especially in the current wake of skyrocketing gas prices. We have [...]  More

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced yesterday that Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, April 30. Rep. Lankford will discuss how rising gas prices are impacting families and small businesses, and will highlight the American Energy Initiative – an ongoing effort by Republicans to create ne [...]  More

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN), a Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and leader against net neturality, recently gave an interview on the topic to CNBC. The FCC approved net neutrality rules today but Republicans like Blackburn are ready to fight back when they take back power in January. Blackburn spoke with bloggers today about her bill -- [...]  More

Rep. James Sensenbrenner (WI) published a piece today in The Hill regarding the UN climate change talks in Cancun. Read his thoughts below: To listen to United Nations delegates, Cancun was a resounding success. After the recent negotiations, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Chief Christiana Figueres declared that the climat [...]  More

Ozone Rule Would Kill 7.3 Million Jobs, Raise Costs Reports indicate that the Obama administration will soon finalize a new job-killing environmental regulation.  Earlier this year, just two years after a significant adjustment to the ground-level ozone standard, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed lowering the limit from the cu [...]  More

Democrats, Big Labor, and Radical Environmentalists Plot Rule Changes for Post-Election Climate Bill White House climate czar Carol Browner recently floated the prospect of Congress passing climate change legislation—a national energy tax—during a lame-duck session sometime after November 2, 2010.  Conventional wisdom suggests th [...]  More

Carol Browner: Liability cap increase “will mean that you only have large companies.” White House climate czar Carol Browner has admitted that Democrat legislation moving through Congress to eliminate the cap on liability for oil spills would effectively bar small and independent U.S. energy firms from being able to explore for natura [...]  More

According to a new study by the nonpartisan American Council for Capital Formation, cap-and-tax legislation such as the House-passed Waxman-Markey bill or the Kerry-Lieberman proposal in the Senate would amount to a national energy tax that particularly harms the Midwest, especially Michigan as detailed in the study.  Other states that rely o [...]  More

by Rep. Gregg Harper (MS) For nearly two months, oil has been flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, affecting not only Gulf Coast states’ environments but their economies as well. BP and the federal government have been working to stop the stream of oil and to minimize the environmental impact of th [...]  More

CBO Confirms Other Negative Impacts for Families and Communities According to a May 5, 2010, CBO report, under cap-and-tax legislation such as the House-passed H.R. 2454 or the Kerry-Lieberman Senate bill, “some people would lose health insurance coverage associated with their previous employer” after they lose their job due to the nat [...]  More

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA) and Rep. Steve Scalise (LA) spoke with bloggers today about the cap and tax energy bill being debated in Congress currently. Scalise participated in the hearings last week, questioning 60 professional witnesses and presenting statements on why the bill is wrong for America.   “The more people see the negative i [...]  More

After three days of hearing on the cap and tax global warming legislation last week, Republicans are billing it a "national energy tax," according to a piece in the Hill today. Almost everyone who testified in the hearings agreed that the bill would raise gas and energy prices across the board, costing American families more of their hard-earned m [...]  More

*This post originally published on Townhall.com by Rep. Steve Scalise (LA) President Obama is proposing a “cap and trade” energy tax that will raise utility costs on every American family to generate $646 billion in new taxes, while shipping millions of American jobs to foreign countries. I am very concerned about how the liberals in [...]  More

6:52 p.m. The Democrat Energy Plan Cap and Trade: Caps Economic Growth and Trades Jobs Overseas 6:25 p.m. Rep. Michael Burgess on the consequences of "cap and tax" legislation: President Obama and Democrat leaders in Congress expect to raise billions of dollars through an unprecedented “cap and tax” proposal.  With this money [...]  More

House Leader John Boehner appeared yesterday on "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, saying legislators should beware of "trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see." Boehner applauded last week's hurricane of taxpayer tea parties and attended one in Bakersfield, California. "...when I talk to people at these rallies, it was pretty clea [...]  More

Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC) has been stirring the pot lately, with her explosive House floor ventures and determined messages on fiscal responsibility. She made her first appearance today on Right Wing News, ready as usual, to tell it like it is: Instead of taking a steady, measured approach to these outrageous AIG millionaire bonuses, Congress did th [...]  More