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February 15th, 2013
Yesterday, I introduced the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2013, cosponsored by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and 30 Senators, which would protect the rights of patients, families, and doctors to make...
November 29th, 2012
Says Politico: “The American public overwhelmingly favors raising taxes on the rich as a way to pay down the deficit, while opposing a hike in the Medicare eligibility age or eliminating tax deductions, according to a...
October 19th, 2012
This week, open enrollment began for Medicare and runs through December 7, 2012. It is important for current Medicare beneficiaries to review their plans on an annual basis to ensure satisfaction with their current coverage...
August 24th, 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...
August 10th, 2012
Congressmen Kevin Brady and Pete Olson heard from officials at the Texas Medical Center about challenges related to the solvency and political futures of Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). They were...
December 14th, 2011
The Obama Administration has told Texas that our State is not allowed to decide who will provide medical care under Title X Family Planning and Well Woman funds. The Administration has recently ruled in a similar manner for...
November 8th, 2011
The renaissance of the famed Lincoln Douglas debates was held Saturday in The Woodlands, Texas north of Houston. Rather than the sound-bite world of 30 and 60 second responses to “gotcha journalism” that is promoted on...
October 14th, 2011
On Tuesday, October 25th from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Plano, my Congressional staff will host a free information on Medicare for seniors that is open to the public.Held in conjunction with the North Central Texas Area...
June 9th, 2011
In response to the 2010 Medicare funding warning, the President was legally required to present a plan to Congress—within 15 days after submitting his 2011 budget—addressing funding for the Medicare program. As of today, 101...
June 6th, 2011
NRCC - Speaking Sunday on CBS' Face the Nation, Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi claimed for the second time in a week that her party's plan for Medicare is modeled on the $500 billion in cuts to the program under the Democrats...
January 4th, 2013
Say what you want, Obama may be an economic illiterate but his team can be masterful when it comes to politics. And he managed to get the Republicans to raise marginal tax rates on the “rich” and screw the middle class. At...
November 8th, 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 Representatives.To win in 2012, you had...
October 10th, 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...
August 20th, 2012
Who would have thought that Medicare as an issue could possibly benefit Republicans? Conventional wisdom was that picking Paul Ryan would force Romney to defend Ryan's budget and Ryan’s Medicare reform, but the issue works...
March 14th, 2012
This is a piece of random thoughts where conventional wisdom is turned upside down and corrected. Here is a thought, how many times does the left tells us how much of a failure those Bush tax cuts were? Of course, the job...
November 11th, 2011
To listen to the debate: www.c-span.org/Events/Cain-Gingrich-Debate-Lincoln-Douglas-StyleBloggers from throughout Texas were invited to attend the Cain-Gingrich Debate held on November 5 at The Woodlands Resort and...
November 8th, 2011
Texas and the Texas Patriots’ PAC offered voters a genuine Saturday night special on November 5th, when Presidential hopefuls Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich debated in a serious, sit-down, punchy-sound-bite-free, substantive...
August 19th, 2011
NRCC - Democrat Reps. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and Tim Bishop (D-NY) recently became the latest cosponsors of a bill to repeal the Independent Payments Advisory Board (IPAB), created under the Democrats’ government takeover of...
June 9th, 2011
NRCC - A new survey out Monday offers additional proof that the Democrats’ government takeover of healthcare will cause at least 30 percent of employers to “definitely or probably” drop healthcare coverage for their...
May 24th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement in response to Senate Democrats’ plan to forego producing a budget and ignore entitlement reform because it is politically expedient:Senate Democrats have given their game plan away:...
