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112th Congress
June 29th, 2012
The House voted Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents related to the Fast and Furious gun-walking operation. The Attorney General is not above the law and he is not...
May 31st, 2012
The ultimate line has been crossed, and hardly a word has been spoken by those who should be the most outraged. While everyone is focused on the latest Senate hearings on the Law of the Sea Treaty, the real story has gone...
May 14th, 2012
I issued the following statement on H.R. 4133, the United States-Israel Enhances Security Cooperation Act of 2012. This legislation passed the House with a bipartisan vote of 411-2. I was a cosponsor of the bill.The United...
April 4th, 2012
Last week, I voted in support of the House Republican budget that will drastically cut federal spending and scale back the size of the government, but also protect funding for our military and reform critical health and...
March 21st, 2012
Tuesday, I released the following statement regarding the unveiling of the fiscal year 2013 House budget resolution by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan:I applaud Chairman Ryan’s bold budget proposal that directly tackles...
March 8th, 2012
Today, I released the following statement regarding House passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (JOBS) Act:
February 10th, 2012
I released the following statement regarding the House’s passage of the Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act:Yesterday’s vote on the common-sense STOCK Act underscores House Republicans’ commitment to...
January 25th, 2012
Tuesday I introduced H.R. 3811, the Keystone for A Secure Tomorrow Act (K-FAST). This legislation would allow Congress to directly and immediately approve the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. Congress already has the...
December 23rd, 2011
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House of...
December 9th, 2011
Attorney General Eric Holder went before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday in a inquiry over the botched Fast and Furious Operation. The hearing was led by Congressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and...
June 20th, 2012
It has been eighteen months since the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and the Attorney General claims he still doesn’t know who authorized the reckless and deadly Operation Fast and Furious. He maintains that...
May 21st, 2012
On Tuesday, May 22, I will host a “Congress after Hours” event at Church of Champions. During the informal, come and go event, neighbors will have a chance to visit one-on-one with me for a few minutes. This will give people...
April 30th, 2012
Today, I released a report on the U.S. Justice Department’s disregard of the Constitution and rule of law. As Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Smith is leading efforts to oversee Attorney General Eric...
March 21st, 2012
The House Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved a bill to provide immediate relief to small businesses and freeze the implementation of significant regulations by the Obama administration. The Regulatory Freeze for Jobs...
March 15th, 2012
Are the Republicans causing “gridlock,” “paralysis,” etc. in Congress? Is it the Republican-controlled House or the Democrat-controlled Senate that can’t pass bills, can’t even pass a budget? Why is the theme of the day that...
February 14th, 2012
You may recall that an earlier article reported on the demise of the CLASS act portion of Obamacare back in October. Actually, CLASS was not really killed. Rather, it was sort of frozen in carbonite by HHS. Like Han Solo...
February 7th, 2012
AUSTIN—Today, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and five members of the Texas Senate sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner urging Congress to immediately approve construction of the...
January 5th, 2012
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House of...
December 21st, 2011
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House of...
November 18th, 2011
Today, I released the following statement in response to the House vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution:Today the House had the opportunity to move forward on a common-sense, permanent...
