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Boehner Responds to the President’s Remarks on Climate Change
Sep 22, 2009
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“Yesterday, President Obama’s Energy Secretary compared the American people to ‘teenage kids’ when it comes to energy policy. Earlier today, the President addressed a United Nations ‘Climate Change Summit’ in New York and touted a variation on the Democrats’ national energy tax – legisl...
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Boehner Statement on Rahall Anti-Energy Bill
Sep 16, 2009
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House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today criticized a flawed energy bill (H.R. 3534) sponsored by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV), which Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will testify about today. Boehner issued the following statement:
“Middle-class fami...
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Dems' Long, Hot Summer: Americans Express Growing Opposition to Dems' Job-Killing Plans on Energy, Health Care
Aug 5, 2009
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Last week, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) put Democrats on notice that they would have a “very, very hot summer” once Americans began to learn more about their costly government takeover of health care. Just a few days into the August break, House Democrats are learning exactly what Bo...
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Pelosi’s Tax Measure Would Kill Jobs, Raise Utility Prices (Boehner Op-Ed in The Hill)
Jul 22, 2009
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All year long, Democrats have made promises about job creation. They promised unemployment would not rise above 8 percent if Congress passed the trillion-dollar “stimulus.” It now stands at 9.5 percent nationally — and 15 states already face double-digit unemployment. In the wake of Congress’s recor...
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Boehner Challenges WH Chief of Staff’s Assertion that Democrats Have “Rescued the Economy”
Jul 22, 2009
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In a speech on the House floor this morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) challenged White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s assertion in the New York Times that Washington Democrats have “rescued the economy.” Mr. Emanuel made the remark in previewing the prime time address the Pr...
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Boehner Floor Statement on Democrats’ $700 Million Welfare Program for Horses
Jul 17, 2009
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House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) gave the following remarks on the floor of the House today during debate on Restore Our American Mustangs Act (H.R.1018), a $700 million welfare program for horses scheduled by Democrats despite the fact that the federal deficit and unemployment continue t...
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Boehner: Congress Should Focus on Creating Jobs, Not Creating a Welfare Program for Wild Horses
Jul 16, 2009
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House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on House Democrats’ plans to debate a $700 million program for wild horses – the Restore Our American Mustangs Act (H.R.1018) – tomorrow in the House, even as the federal deficit and unemployment continue to soar:
“B...
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Dem Senator on Speaker Pelosi's National Energy Tax: "We Don't Want to Be a Sucker"
Jul 13, 2009
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As the House Democratic Leadership tries to gather support for their massive small business tax and government takeover of health care, they are finding reluctance from many in their own caucus. Why? Well, many Democrats who walked the plank and voted for the Speaker’s unpopular national energy ta...
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Democrats Face Backlash Back Home After Supporting Speaker Pelosi’s National Energy Tax
Jul 9, 2009
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Over the last 10 days, House Democrats faced blistering attacks back home for voting to support Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax that will punish their constituents by increasing electricity bills, raising gasoline prices, and shipping more American jobs overseas to places like China and India. ...
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Boehner Says Speaker Pelosi’s National Energy Tax & Dems’ Government Takeover of Health Care Will Make It Impossible to Create Jobs
Jul 8, 2009
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At a news conference this morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said if Democrats want to protect and create jobs, they should scrap job-killing legislation like Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax and their government takeover of health care. These job-killing bills, during the mid...
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