• Boehner Signs Discharge Petition to Force Vote on Keep Terrorists Out of America Act
    Nov 18, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today signed a discharge petition filed by Intelligence Committee Ranking Republican Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) to force Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Democratic leaders to give Members – and the American people – a vote on the Keep Terrorists Out of Ame... More
  • Obama Administration Defies the American People, Welcomes Guantanamo Terrorists to the United States
    Nov 16, 2009  - All year long, Republicans have asked the Obama Administration this basic question: What is the Administration’s overarching strategy to confront and defeat the terrorist threat?  To date, the Obama Administration has refused to answer. Despite Americans’ strong opposition to importing terro... More
  • Boehner Statement on the Obama Administration’s “Irresponsible” Decision to Prosecute 9/11 Mastermind in NYC
    Nov 13, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s decision to prosecute the mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and several other Guantanamo Bay detainees in New York City before a civilian federal court: “The Oba... More
  • Boehner “No More Excuses” for Delay on Afghanistan
    Nov 2, 2009  - Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement today after Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission announced that a run-off election in that country will be unnecessary: “Now that it is clear that President Karzai will remain in office, the White House has no further ... More
  • Boehner Statement on Democrats’ Delaying Tough Choices in Afghanistan
    Oct 19, 2009  -             WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement today after several key Democrats – including White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) – said yesterday that a decision on supporting our troops in Afghanistan with additi... More
  • On National Public Radio, Boehner Discusses GOP Health Care, Need White House to Allow General McChrystal to Testify on Afghanistan
    Sep 25, 2009  - During an interview with National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) discussed GOP efforts to work on health care solutions the American people support, such as ensuring Americans with pre-existing conditions have access to affordable health care and getting ... More
  • Boehner on Afghanistan: "The Administration Must Allow General McChrystal to Testify Before Congress"
    Sep 24, 2009  - In his weekly press briefing this morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) urged the Obama Administration to allow General McChrystal to testify publicly before Congress on how best to implement the President’s stated strategy for achieving our goals of denying a safe haven to al Qaeda a... More
  • Boehner Discusses Dems’ Push for Medicare Cuts, Federal ‘Gag Order,’ War in Afghanistan
    Sep 23, 2009  - At today’s weekly Republican leadership press conference, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) discussed Democrats’ push for nearly $500 billion in drastic Medicare cuts and the Obama Administration ‘gag order’ that is designed to keep seniors in the dark about potential reductions in benefit... More
  • Boehner Statement on McChrystal Report on Afghanistan
    Sep 21, 2009  -         WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement today following news reports in The Washington Post about the assessment from General Stanley McChrystal on Afghanistan and the need for more troops to prevent al Qaeda and the Taliban from re-est... More
  • On NBC’s Meet the Press, Boehner Discusses Health Care, Dems’ Push For Bigger Government, War in Afghanistan
    Sep 20, 2009  - In an appearance this morning on NBC’s Meet the Press, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) discussed health care, the War in Afghanistan, and the dramatic expansion of the size of government under the current Administration. Leader Boehner highlighted House Republicans’ better solutions on ... More