Boehner RSS Articles http://republicanleader.house.gov/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement in advance of Independence Day 2009: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135456 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135456 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Last Friday, in an hour-long speech on the House floor prior to a vote on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's “cap-and-trade” national energy tax, I used my privileges as minority leader to outline just how dangerous this bureaucratic nightmare would be for our economy. The American people needed to hear the truth. This bill will raise their taxes and punish hardworking, middle-class families with higher gasoline, electricity and food costs. And it is a job-killer that will send American jobs overseas to China and India -- particularly bad news for states like Ohio, which depends on three industries that will be devastated by this legislation: agriculture, coal and manufacturing. http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135457 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135457 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT After the U.S. Department of Labor released its monthly jobs report showing that another 467,000 jobs were lost in June and unemployment has risen to 9.5 percent, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135276 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135276 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today released a new web video targeting Washington Democrats’ trillion-dollar “stimulus” bill and asking “where are the jobs?” The tongue-in-cheek web video, inspired by a classic 1984 TV commercial by now-Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), features a job-sniffing GOP bloodhound named Ellie Mae and a down-home voiceover by Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA). http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135304 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135304 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Last Friday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rammed a job-killing 1,500 page national energy tax through the House that will raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India. In the weeks leading up to the vote, however, many Democrats were openly balking over the burdensome taxes Pelosi’s national energy tax would levy on the American middle class. Just weeks before the vote, Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) said “In my district, a 'no' vote would be a good vote.” http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135229 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135229 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Across Capitol Hill, congressional offices continue to receive scores of phone calls and e-mails from Americans outraged by last Friday’s vote by House Democrats to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India by passing Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax. Middle-class families and small businesses aren’t just angry about the devastating consequences of the legislation; they’re also angry about the manner in which the Democratic leadership obtained the votes needed for passage. In short, the leaders cut back-room deals behind closed doors with powerful special-interests, carving them out of the bill to pave the way for Friday’s House vote, while leaving middle-class families and small businesses to take a hit. Fox News highlighted these special-interest deals this afternoon, noting that even the environmental group Friends of the Earth said Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax “is corrupted by special interests.” Following is full video and a transcript of the Fox News report: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135046 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=135046 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT As questions mount about the scandal-tarnished Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) – a group that has received millions from the federal government, in spite of accusations of voter fraud and other illicit activities – House Democrats have abandoned plans for a bipartisan investigation into the left-wing “community organizing” outfit. Last week the Washington Times reported that Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) confirmed such an investigation would not happen, explaining that the “powers that be decided against it.” http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=134857 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=134857 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement after President Obama delivered remarks at the White House in support of Speaker Pelosi’s cap-and-trade national energy tax: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=134890 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=134890 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT The American people deserve to know what’s in the legislation their representatives in Congress are voting on. That was the fundamental principle behind House Republican Leader John Boehner’s (R-OH) hour-long speech on the floor of the House last night, in which he read portions of a 300-plus page amendment Democrats added in the dark of night to Speaker Pelosi’s already 1,200-page national energy tax legislation. The legislation is going to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India. It also will be a bureaucratic nightmare overseen by a confusing web of government agencies that will take and redistribute trillions of dollars from family budgets and workers’ payrolls. Following is just a sampling of the national media’s coverage of Boehner’s unprecedented speech – and the House GOP’s stand against the Democrats’ costly, jobs-killing national energy tax: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=134829 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=134829 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax is going to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India. This, we know. http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=134491 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=134491 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT