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113th Congress
December 17th, 2013
Today I joined a House Oversight Committee field hearing in Dallas on the Obamacare Navigator program. Navigators are hired to explain Obamacare and help people sign up for coverage. However, there are a number of concerns...
December 16th, 2013
On Saturday, I joined the families and loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes to lay a wreath at each of the 610 grave sites of the veterans buried at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.Prescription Drug Overdoses...
December 13th, 2013
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced the witness list for next week’s field hearing on the Affordable Care Act in Dallas, Texas. This is the fourth in a series of...
December 13th, 2013
I issued the below statement following today’s House vote on the Bipartisan Budget Act (H.J. Res. 59). The budget passed by a vote of 332-94.I supported the congressional budget agreement for a number of reasons. First, it...
December 11th, 2013
Today I sent a letter to President Obama requesting information about what his administration is doing to address the security risks and privacy concerns surrounding the Obamacare website, Healthcare.gov. I was joined by 21...
December 10th, 2013
I issued the following statement after introducing the Federal Prison Reform Act. The bill would increase public safety and reduce prison costs by allowing non-violent, low-risk offenders to complete work, education, skills...
December 9th, 2013
Last week, I appeared on Fox with Sean Hannity to discuss the Obama Administrations failure to faithfully execute the law as required under Article II, Section 3 of our United States Constitution.
December 6th, 2013
I urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to commit to using sound science in regulatory decisions after it was revealed that the EPA’s independent Science Advisory Board Work Group questioned the EPA’s rush to...
December 6th, 2013
While any sign of job creation is welcomed news, today’s jobs report serves as a reminder that far too many Americans continue to be unemployed or underemployed. That is why House Republicans have passed a long list of jobs...
December 5th, 2013
As Chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, I held a hearing earlier this week looking at the federal governments use of design-build contracts. A design-build contract is when federal agencies...
December 17th, 2013
I joined Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and several lawmakers in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday challenging EPA’s power to interpret the Clean Air Act (CAA) in a way that...
December 14th, 2013
All around Israel things are in tremendous turmoil.To Israel's south, Egypt is experiencing its worst period of unrest in 50 years. There is no elected government, and there won't be until next year. The economy is on a...
December 13th, 2013
Yesterday, the House passed the FY2014 national defense funding bill, which included a provision that I have advocated for to require the Administration to increase its efforts to combat the Haqqani network, a designated...
December 11th, 2013
As you may remember, undercover videos were released in November that showed ObamaCare navigators from two different locations in North Texas encouraging applicants to lie on their health insurance applications in order to...
December 10th, 2013
This week the House will vote on a key bill to make sure your tax dollars are going to worthwhile programs – not perks for politicians. The Kids First Research Act eliminates funding for the President Election Campaign Fund...
December 9th, 2013
Last week in the House, we took a necessary step towards ending the abuse that runs rampant in the U.S. patent system. In an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 325-91, we passed H.R. 3309, the "Innovation Act," a measure that...
December 8th, 2013
This week, the House approved two common-sense bills that would help small businesses innovate, grow their companies, and hire more workers. These two bills join the long list of House-passed jobs bills that would help to...
December 6th, 2013
Each morning in Africa, women and young girls, like this girl in Tanzania, wake up and walk for miles just to collect water for their family. The walk can be dangerous because some wells are controlled by violent thugs....
December 5th, 2013
The House of Representatives passed the Innovation Act, a bill to reduce abusive patent litigation. I introduced the Patent Abuse Reduction Act in the Senate earlier this year.Abusive patent litigation poses a direct threat...
December 5th, 2013
America was founded on the principle of government by the people and for the people. But too often, the federal government just gets in our way. To see a recent example, we need look no further than the failed launch of the...
