Boehner RSS Articles http://republicanleader.house.gov/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ In an interview last night on CNN Headline News’ Glenn Beck Show, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) recounted the American Energy Tour from which he and 10 of his GOP colleagues recently returned. On the tour, Boehner and his delegation learned about America’s future energy technology at a renewable energy lab in Colorado and witnessed wildlife coexisting with energy production throughout Alaska’s energy-rich North Slope, where billions of barrels of oil remain locked away by Democratic leaders in Congress. Boehner also highlighted the American Energy Act (H.R. 6566), introduced yesterday by House Republicans to increase production of American-made energy and help lower gasoline prices, and urged Americans to demand that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) schedule the legislation for an up-or-down vote before the August recess, which is just eight days away. Full video and transcript of the interview follow: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98435 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98435 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT House Republicans today unveiled a comprehensive agenda for American health care reform aimed at reducing health care costs through lawsuit reform and putting patients back in control of their personal health care. House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on the reform plan, which is available here: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98459 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98459 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today criticized Democratic leaders for bringing yet another bill to the House floor that will not produce any new American energy to help lower gas prices. The measure, falsely dubbed the Consumer Energy Supply Act (H.R. 6578), would simply replace 70 million barrels of light, sweet crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with heavy, sour crude oil that is more difficult to refine into gasoline in case of a national security emergency. Boehner issued the following statement: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98494 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98494 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT In a national radio interview this morning with Laura Ingraham, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) continued to press Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), as well as Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Barack Obama (D-IL), to listen to the American people and schedule a vote on increased American energy production to bring down gas prices on behalf of families and small businesses. House Republicans yesterday introduced the American Energy Act (H.R. 6566) to help lower gasoline prices, and Boehner renewed his demand for Democratic leaders in both the House and the Senate to schedule the bill for a vote before the August recess, which is just eight days away. Key excerpts and audio of Boehner’s interview follow: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98509 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98509 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement opposing legislation (H. Res. 1368) to block a proposal to bring fiscal stability to the Medicare program: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98515 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98515 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today signed a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation to enforce the recent Supreme Court ruling declaring the District of Columbia’s gun ban unconstitutional. Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) is circulating the discharge petition. If it garners 218 signatures, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) would be forced to schedule the bill for a vote on the House floor. The measure – the District of Columbia Personal Protection Act (H.R. 1399) – is sponsored by Democratic Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR) and a bipartisan group of 247 other co-sponsors. Boehner issued the following statement after signing the discharge petition: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98569 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98569 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT With the five-week August recess just nine days away, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and her colleagues in the Democratic leadership are doing everything they can to keep Members from having to vote on more American energy production to help lower gas prices. Their months-long campaign of inaction in the face of soaring gas prices not only pits Democratic leaders against the American people – who support more production as part of any comprehensive energy plan – but it also pits them against an increasing number of rank-and-file Members of their own party. This morning’s Politico details the Democrats’ strategy of “running down the clock” until August recess rather than allow a simple up-or-down vote on more American energy production – a vote that would pass by a strong, bipartisan margin: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98316 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98316 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement opposing the Democratic Majority’s “housing” legislation, which would force taxpayers to fund a $300 billion bailout of scam artists and speculative lenders: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98331 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98331 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT After House GOP Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and a delegation of 10 House Republicans returned from their American Energy Tour in Colorado and Alaska over the weekend, House Republicans today introduced the American Energy Act (H.R. 6566), a comprehensive measure to help reduce gas prices by harnessing new technologies, encouraging greater conservation and efficiency, and increasing American energy production in an environmentally-safe manner. House Republicans will push for an up-or-down vote on the legislation before Congress adjourns for the August recess in nine days. Boehner issued the following statement on the bill: http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98349 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98349 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT Earlier today on CNBC’s Power Lunch, House Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam (R-FL) debated Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and called on the Democratic lawmaker and his leadership to hold and up-or-down vote on the American Energy Act (H.R. 6566). http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98378 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=98378 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT