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January 9th, 2014
We’re continuing the negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill. The 2008 Farm Bill expired in September of 2012, and our one-year extension of that bill expired this past September. So we’re...
January 7th, 2014
As Chairman of the House Rules Committee, I released the following statement in response to President Obama’s call today for an extension of emergency unemployment insurance:If President Obama is serious about helping the...
January 6th, 2014
The current Zapatista uprising in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas marked its 20th anniversary this past week. Media outlets across the world covered the date, with far-left outlets and blogs celebrating their Zapatista...
January 3rd, 2014
Americans standing in line like sheep led to the slaughter…. It is difficult for me to believe this is actually happening in America. What a sad testimony on the ill-informed and weakness of that state’s people.This is what...
January 2nd, 2014
Michael Eric Dyson is the type the Left deem intelligent…but listen to his ration of excrement on Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson.As my technical producer Dave Perkins points out: Phil Robertson has a MASTERS degree in...
December 31st, 2013
Sean Hannity and his studio audience take a look back at the top 5 stories of 2013. What do you think is the biggest story?Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
December 30th, 2013
How is the bipartisan budget deal affecting veterans in the worst of ways? Ryan Lamke, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, goes "On the Record" with Dana Perino to discuss the growing outrage over the bipartisanship...
December 29th, 2013
The new tower built around the 9/11 memorial is a reminder of American ingenuity and American resolve as a new and bigger tower is built on the real estate where the original towers were brought down. Consider the tower New...
December 27th, 2013
As we're nearing the new year, what do you think has been the biggest government scandal of 2013? Is it the NSA spying on Americans? What about the DOJ targeting reporters? Or how about the Benghazi cover-up? But don't...
December 27th, 2013
Al Sharpton certainly didn’t plan on black people blaming Obama for their troubles in Chicago.
January 8th, 2014
Congress is also working on legislation to fund the government. The current funding expires on January 15, so we have a relatively short timeline. The budget deal that passed in December set the numbers for this spending...
January 7th, 2014
I released the following video on President Obama and Senate Democrats’ latest round of the blame game. It’s transparent that this is a political exercise, not a real effort to try to fix this problem.
January 4th, 2014
Today, I issued the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s move to reverse U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s recent order temporarily blocking the Obamacare contraceptive mandate for...
January 3rd, 2014
Republicans warned Obamacare would be a disaster. And we are right.One of the biggest problems posed by the government shutdown was that it obscured how bad Obamacare really is. News media attention is focused on closed...
January 2nd, 2014
I wish you and your family a year of happiness and success as we move into 2014. I also would like to thank you for your support in the last year and look forward to working with you in 2014.A new year means new beginnings...
December 30th, 2013
Did Harry Reid mean run ‘from” Obamacare?Reid told The Hill: “I think for sure it will be a net positive. I think so by then for sure.” He added that because Senate Democrats have offered their input to the White House on...
December 30th, 2013
As 2013 comes to an end, some 50 percent plus of Americans must ask themselves, "How did we vote for Obama twice?" While the elites consider Obama the most brilliant of American Presidents elected in our time, there...
December 28th, 2013
Law enforcement catching a child rapist? Good work. Federal authorities equipped to catch a man who made child porn on his phone? Awesome. Enter mission creep.It is difficult to have a problem with federal authorities...
December 27th, 2013
As we close out 2013, I want to thank you for giving me the privilege of serving you in Washington. People often ask me what I like best about this job, and the truth is that it’s working for you.In West Texas and the Big...
December 26th, 2013
As Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, I released the following statement after reviewing the Federal Housing Agency’s (FHA) Annual Report to Congress Regarding the Financial Status of...