112th Congress
October 13th, 2011
I released the following statement regarding Wednesday's House passage of pending Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with South Korea, Panama and Colombia:I applaud the House’s approval of three job-creating agreements that will...
August 8th, 2011
Speaker Boehner Pres Office - Following another disappointing jobs report and S&P’s decision on the United States’ credit rating, Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) urged President Obama in the Weekly...
August 5th, 2011
Today, I released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s July jobs report:Today’s jobs report once again reinforces how Washington Democrats’ policies continue to fail to create American jobs. With...
August 1st, 2011
Today I announced I will support the Budget Control Act of 2011 and released this statement:Last November the message from the American people was crystal clear: end reckless, out-of-control spending and return fiscal sanity...
July 31st, 2011
NRCC - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s deficit plan is the only plan that at this point hasn’t passed a single house of Congress, and may not pass any house of Congress:REID PLAN REJECTED BY THE HOUSE: (H.R. 2693, Sen....
July 29th, 2011
As Congress continues to navigate this urgent and complicated debt crisis, you can count on me to do the right thing for the right reasons and to approach every vote as a free market, constitutional conservative. I have...
July 28th, 2011
WASHINGTON (Thursday, July 28, 2011) – The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved bipartisan legislation authored by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that will give prosecutors new tools...
July 22nd, 2011
NRCC - Desperate to find a bright spot in Democrats’ failed economic agenda, President Obama has been claiming that he “rescue[d] this [auto] industry from a crisis.PRESIDENT OBAMA GOES ON PUBLICITY BLITZ FOR THE AUTO...
July 20th, 2011
Tuesday, I released the following statement regarding my support for H.R. 2560, the “Cut, Cap and Balance Act of 2011:”The House Republican ‘Cut, Cap and Balance’ plan responsibly tackles our spending-driven debt crisis and...
July 19th, 2011
Today, I sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to proactively enforce the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act and the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prevent further...
October 12th, 2011
The agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea are jobs bills that will immediately help our economy and create opportunities for American businesses to grow.These three agreements could help create 250,000 American...
August 6th, 2011
NRCC - DEBT NOW GREATER THAN 100% OF GDP; TRANSLATION: AMERICA OWES MORE THAN THE SIZE OF THE ECONOMY. “US debt shot up $238 billion to reach 100 percent of gross domestic project after the government's debt ceiling was...
August 2nd, 2011
A Bankrupt Nation Keeps on Spending: Congress Fails Once Again to Solve the Nation’s Fiscal Problems
After months of meetings, speeches, threats and dire warnings of a US government debt default, Congress this week finally gave in to the pressure and passed another massive debt ceiling increase. It was a great show for the...
August 1st, 2011
Regardless of who is declared the winner in the current debt ceiling debacle, the loser will be Obama for a simple reason, Obama owns the economy and the economy sucks. No matter how the mainstream media handicaps this, the...
July 29th, 2011
I read the threads from last night and this morning about whether as Allen West has, conservatives should accept the Boehner plan and abandon the tea party insistence that there should be NO debt increase without spending...
July 29th, 2011
The House Judiciary Committee today passed a bill to help investigators track down dangerous pedophiles and protect children from sexual exploitation. The bill passed by a vote of 19-10. The Protecting Children from...
July 22nd, 2011
No Disrespect intended to Jello when compared to Obama and Democrats (Party of No) Crying like an injured bride, President Obama said today that Speaker Boehner "Left me at...
July 20th, 2011
Today, I co-sponsored the Cut, Cap and Balance Act. This legislation would enact significant spending cuts, place enforceable caps on government spending and require the passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment in order to...
July 19th, 2011
NRCC - As the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, it was noteworthy last week when the Chinese government expressed its concern about rising U.S. indebtedness, stating its hope that “responsible policies” would be adopted...
July 18th, 2011
As an original cosponsor of the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011, I applaud our Republican leadership for bringing this urgent legislation to the House floor this week. This bill invokes a three step process to solve our...